And so it began: Two hundred and fifty years ago, the Battles of Lexington and Concord propelled the British colonies in America into a revolutionary war that would sever governmental ties with ...

Free countries can be as miserable as colonies, chaotic or despotic or both. In a decade of pre-revolutionary complaining, the farmers of Lexington and Concord had elaborated a revolutionary idea ...

Epic History. 250th Anniversary! The Battles of Lexington & Concord. Posted: May 22, 2025 | Last updated: June 15, 2025. In the wake of the Boston Tea Party, tensions between the American Colonies ...

Opinion Uncancel the minutemen: Celebrate Lexington and Concord heroes, Black and White, on battle's 250th anniversary Minutemen were the Revolutionary War marksmen ready to defend their towns at ...

The Declaration of Independence is celebrated because it was an inflection point where the Continental Congress decided that ...

April 19 marks the 250th anniversary of the famous shots fired at Concord, Massachusetts, that set off the American Revolution. Captain Levi Preston, who fought there, later captured the ...

Both towns held numerous events in honor of the United States Semiquincentennial. The post It’s the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution. Lexington and Concord went big. appeared first ...

On Saturday, tens of thousands of people descended on Lexington and Concord to commemorate the historic start of the American Revolution, exactly 250 years after the “shot heard round the world.” The ...

Local News It’s the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution. Lexington and Concord went big. Both towns held numerous events in honor of the United States Semiquincentennial.

The U.S. Army, which marks its 250th birthday this year, as it formed two months after the Battle of Lexington and Concord. The day ended in Lexington with a fun-filled parade.

On Saturday in Lexington, a reenactment staged on the Lexington Battle Green will kick off at 5 a.m., followed by a 5-mile road race at 8 a.m., the Patriot’s Day Parade at 2 p.m. and more events ...

The battles at Lexington and Concord were instrumental in the militia's attempt to defy and ultimately defeat British soldiers. The famed poem, "The Shot Heard Round the World," references the ...