The colonial victory against the British in the American Revolutionary War was far from a predetermined outcome. In addition ...

In the mid-afternoon of April 19, 1775, a group of men from the American colonies prepared to ambush retreating British soldiers near Hartwell Tavern in Lincoln, Massachusetts.

In Lexington, British drums sounded from the east on Massachusetts Avenue. More than 50 stern-faced locals stood with muskets ...

in which 49 American militia members were killed by soldiers in the British Army, are considered by historians to be the first battle of the American Revolutionary War, which would stretch on for ...