Tens of thousands of people gathered in Lexington and Concord, Massachusetts, on April 19 to participate in the ceremonies marking the 250th anniversary of the battles coined the 'shot heard round the ...

Israel Bissell in 1775 rode to Philadelphia from Watertown, Massachusetts, to put out the news that the Revolutionary War had started. Sybil Ludington, 16, is said to have ridden one night in 1777, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. LEXINGTON - Tens of thousands flocked to the Lexington Battle Green on Saturday morning, April 19, to watch the reenactment of the ...

In the early morning of April 19, 1775, British troops clashed with American colonists in the fateful Battles of Lexington and Concord. It marked the beginning of the Revolutionary War and the fight ...

This weekend, thousands gathered in Lexington, Massachusetts, to mark the 250th anniversary of the first battle of the American Revolution. Centuries later, one local historian says our knowledge of ...

RASCOE: In the towns of Lexington and Concord, there were parades, historical reenactments and, as you'll hear, the echoes of the revolutionary gunfire of April 19, 1775. Member station WBUR's Steph ...

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 early ...

LEXINGTON, Mass. — Thousands of people came to Lexington, Massachusetts, just before dawn on Saturday to witness a reenactment of how the American Revolution began 250 years ago, with the blast of ...

Two hundred and fifty years ago, Massachusetts stood at the center of a movement that would change the world. This year, the ...

In Massachusetts, Revolutionary War reenactors gathered on the 250th anniversary of the Battles of Lexington and Concord, the first battles of the War for Independence. RASCOE: In the towns of ...