In Laurie Halse Anderson’s novel for young readers, a girl in Boston must survive a dangerous smallpox epidemic—and ...

To mark 250 years since Paul Revere’s ride, a Boston art collective projected messages onto the city’s historic Old North ...

On Monday, in honor of the American Revolution’s 250th anniversary, there was a ceremony led by veterans and a costumed ride ...

The anniversary of the outbreak of the Revolutionary War precedes a slew of planned celebrations when the United States marks ...

Next year, the country will celebrate its semiquincentennial, or its 250th anniversary. The semiquincentennial marks the ...

Together with the U.S. National Park Service, the U.S. Postal Service held a ceremony at Minute Man National Historical Park ...

The Bluff Line Railroad was once the only land transportation from Alton to Chautauqua, Elsah and Grafton ...

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

In 1775, the American Revolutionary War began in Lexington, Massachusetts, with the “Shot Heard Round the World” fired later that day in Concord.

The battles, which emerged from a gathering revolutionary crisis, predicted the outcome of the war: the victory of the ...

Reenactments, parades and other festivities in two Massachusetts communities mark 250 years since the "shot heard 'round the world" on Saturday.

April 2025 marks 250 years since the momentous events at Lexington and Concord—the opening salvos of the American Revolution.