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 ...

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

LEXINGTON — Gunfire rang out on the grassy common of this quintessential New England town just after dawn Saturday, signaling ...

This month marks the 250th anniversary of the Battles of Lexington and Concord, where minutemen fought British soldiers who ...

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

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

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

Thousands of people from all over flocked to Lexington and Concord on Saturday, taking in reenactments of the first fights of ...

When constituting what a “well-regulated militia,” looks like, look no further than the first armed conflict of the War of ...

Paul Revere is being remembered 250 years after his famous April 18 ride. Revere's ride from Boston was the precursor to the ...