It’s one of the biggest conspiracy theories surrounding the American Revolutionary War. The most famous midnight ride in ...

With Saturday’s anniversary, the United States is looking back to its war of independence and asking where its legacy stands ...

The first battle of the American Revolution was marked on Saturday in Lexington, Massachusetts, 250 years later, with a reenactment and a parade, along with other events. Many spectators arrived ...

It's the 250th anniversary of the Battles of Lexington and Concord, and it's still not clear who fired the first shot of the ...

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

This gun was carried by John Munroe as he joined other colonial militiamen in facing down British troops on Lexington Green.

Folks in Alabama took part in events to remember a pivotal time in our nation's history. The American Village in Montevallo ...

The second volume in Pulitzer-winning historian Rick Atkinson's planned trilogy on the American Revolution publishes Tuesday.

We celebrate the 1773 Boston Tea Party and ignore the extraordinary 1773 petition for freedom of an enslaved man to the ...

A teenager in Lexington, Mass., has for years been teaching people about the battle that started the war 250 years ago this ...

American Revolution rang out in the Battle of Lexington and Concord, signaling a major milestone toward American independe ...

The filmmaker talks to editorial page editor James Dao about how his newest project is the most important one he’ll ever make ...