Thousands of people came to Lexington, Massachusetts, just before dawn on Saturday to witness a reenactment of how the ...

This Saturday, April 19, marks 250 years since the start of the Revolutionary War in Massachusetts. Here's how it started.

See where New Jersey stood 250 years ago as the Battles of Lexington and Concord kicked off the American Revolutionary War.

Two days after Battles of Lexington and Concord, SC Patriots staged daring raids in Charleston to land important blow against British early in the Revolution.

Americans need to reconnect with their innate dislike of arbitrary rule.

Richard Higgins, a former Globe reporter, is author of “Thoreau’s God” and “Thoreau and the Language of Trees.” On April 19, ...

By the spring of 1775, tensions with Britain had been escalating for years, but war was not yet a certainty ... Outraged by the growing resistance there, King George III demanded action.

Over a year into the American Revolution, disaster loomed for the patriots. A British fleet was heading straight for New York City. As Gen. George Washington prepared to respond militarily, a call ...