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

From the bravery of the Massachusetts Minutemen to the famous midnight ride of Paul Revere to the very first battle of the Revolutionary War, Massachusetts was a host for several key happenings during ...

Lexington and Concord was the first of several battles fought in Massachusetts. One of the nine on our list included Martha's Vineyard.

Opinion: When the “shot heard ‘round the world” rang out, it launched a legacy carried on in today’s National Guard, Gen.

But even though I have a hard time envisioning these historic events occurring in my hometown as it is today, sometimes when ...

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

Saturday marks the 250th anniversary of the beginning of the American Revolutionary War with the "shot heard 'round the world ...

Indiana National Guard soldiers and airmen celebrated the 250th anniversary of the beginning of the Revolutionary War this week as they aim to continue carrying on the legacy of citizen soldiers.

Lord North was ill-suited to being a wartime prime minister but it took parliament seven years to replace him by which time ...

In new book 'A Promised Land,' history professor Adam Jortner looks at the role of Jews - then just 0.1% of the population - ...

After the fights at Lexington and Concord's North Bridge, the British column had to return to Boston. On its way, the regulars were set upon by hundreds, then thousands, of armed militiamen hell bent ...

Two towns in Massachusetts are fundamental to American history, but where the official first shot of the American Revolution happened has been debated for centuries.