Inside the steeple of Old North Church and among the Southern Colonies, less familiar stories of the events from 250 years ...

"The shot heard 'round the world" launched the American Revolution. The Redcoats were able to push their way through the militia and march on to Concord, but when they arrived, they found most of ...

Historians have debated whether the New Jersey-born wife of a British general was the one who leaked his orders and set the militia into action 250 years ago.

"A lot of people today think of the American Revolution in broad strokes as being ... where gunpowder was kept and made available to local militia groups. The approach of the regulars sent ...

About half of 30 flags known to exist from that time are on display at the Museum of the American Revolution. It's the ...

but where the official first shot of the American Revolution happened has been debated for centuries. The battles at Lexington and Concord were instrumental in the militia's attempt to defy and ...