Opinion: When the “shot heard ‘round the world” rang out, it launched a legacy carried on in today’s National Guard, Gen.

But even though I have a hard time envisioning these historic events occurring in my hometown as it is today, sometimes when ...

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

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

The actions of future Army National Guard units at North Bridge, Concord, Massachusetts, April 19, 1775, shaped the course of ...

Here’s a lineup of events to take place during the Patriots Day festivities as the 250th anniversary of the first ...

Boston colonial leaders learned that British Gen. Thomas Gage ordered 1,500 Redcoats to march to Lexington to arrest John ...

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

Isaac Davis, a farmer and blacksmith from Acton, Massachusetts ... those who put down their plows and picked up their muskets in 1775. The National Guard’s strength lies in our roots: We ...