The day ended with performances — Lexington’s Bicentennial Band, formed in 1974 in preparation for the 200th anniversary of ...

Newly released watercolor stamps from the USPS commemorate the 250th anniversary of the battles of Lexington, Concord and ...

The actions of future Army National Guard units at North Bridge, Concord, Massachusetts, April 19, 1775, shaped the course of ...

And fired the shot heard round the world. So goes the first stanza of a hymn written by Ralph Waldo Emerson in 1837 and sung to the tune of “Old Hundredth” for the dedication of an obelisk at the site ...

Hundreds gathered Saturday on the Lexington Battle Green to watch the reenactment of the Battles of Lexington and Concord.

Two towns in Massachusetts are fundamental to American history, but where the official first shot of the American Revolution ...

The irony of the moment does not escape Revolutionary War reenactor Justin Murray, a 33-year-old eighth grade civics teacher ...

Reenactors showed thousands of people the story start of the American Revolutionary War and the "shot heard round the world" ...

In Lexington, British drums sounded from the east on Massachusetts Avenue. More than 50 stern-faced locals stood with muskets ...

April 2025 marks the 250th anniversary of the battles of Lexington and Concord—the day ordinary men changed the world.

America went to war for independence, a divided nation battles over its legacy, while some in Lexington Saturday reflect on ...

The towns of Lexington and Concord marked the 250th Anniversary of the Battles of Lexington and Concord throughout the day on ...