John Ferling’s “Shots Heard Round the World” explores how France and Spain came to help the colonies throw off England’s rule ...

YORKTOWN — Colonial National Historical Park will host a special living history event featuring reenactors from the 1st Rhode ...

Alta Mira Chapter of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution held a “Liberty Tea” for members and ...

YORKTOWN, Va. — Colonial National Historical Park will host a special living history event featuring reenactors from the 1st Rhode Island Infantry Regiment on Saturday, April 12, and Sunday, April ...

Isaiah Thomas, a revolutionary patriot and printer of the radical Boston newspaper, The Massachusetts Spy, snuck his printing ...

On April 19, 1775, the American Revolution began after more than a decade of growing disputes between the American colonies and the British government. As Ralph Waldo Emerson eloquently put ...

As Massachusetts prepares to commemorate 250 years since the start of the Revolutionary War, one way to learn about Boston's role is to hit the Freedom Trail.

Courtesy of Sail4th 250 In a press release in early March, Concord250 organizers welcomed visitors to commemorate “where the first shots of the American Revolution were fired at Concord’s Old ...

What happened in April 1775 in and near Boston is an important chapter of the story of why, how and by whom America was birthed.