Achieving independence as the United States of America was a lengthy and unlikely struggle for the 13 original colonies. Over ...

We celebrate the 1773 Boston Tea Party and ignore the extraordinary 1773 petition for freedom of an enslaved man to the ...

The filmmaker talks to editorial page editor James Dao about how his newest project is the most important one he’ll ever make ...

Over the next year and a half, Haverhill’s Museum of Printing plans a series of talks and workshops celebrating the start of the American Revolution, from the first battle this month in 1775 ...

When the first shot rang out at dawn on Lexington Green, a decade of frustration and growing alienation between the American colonies and the British government ... pay off the costs of the French and ...

The race is held annually on the state holiday that commemorates the start of the Revolutionary War, which began 250 years ago Saturday when the first shots were fired in Lexington and Concord. The ...

A field of 30,000 left Hopkinton on Monday morning for Boston's Back Bay, where riders in Revolutionary War garb — accompanied by a fife and drum playing “Yankee Doodle” — rode down ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — As Americans commemorate the 250th anniversary of The Revolutionary War, there’s a growing push to reflect on how they remember the Revolution and not just through a ...

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THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR BEGAN WITH THE BATTLES OF LEXINGTON AND CONCORD IN MASSACHUSETTS ... National coverage from WVTM 13 MONTEVALLO, Ala. — Folks in Alabama took part in events to remember a pivotal ...

also used the event to remind the cheering crowd that many of the ideals fought for during the Revolutionary War are again at risk. “We see things that would be familiar to our Revolutionary ...

“Once shots were fired in Lexington, Samuel Adams and Joseph Warren did all in their power to collect statements from witnesses and to circulate them quickly; it was essential that the colonies ...