Date(s): April 19, 1775. Casualties: 368. Siege of Boston. After failing in Lexington and Concord, the British troops marched back to Boston, which was held by the British during the war.

April 2025 marks the 250th anniversary of the battles of Lexington and Concord—the day ordinary men changed the ... What happened in Massachusetts in 1775 wasn’t just the beginning of a war.

As Arlington commemorates the 250th anniversary of the start of the American Revolution, Kurt Russell and his son are ...

On July Fourth, actor Kurt Russell visited a small museum in Massachusetts dedicated to his ancestor, who was killed by ...

The Battle of Lexington, 19 April 1775, 1910, oil on canvas by William Barns Wollen (1857-1936) By the spring of 1775, the upheaval in the British North American colonies had reached an advanced ...

Lexington is the home of the Lexington Battle Green, where the first battle of the Revolutionary War was fought on April 19, 1775. KENS-TV San Antonio.

Call from the plow, General Israel Putnam receiving the news of the Battle of Lexington, 1775 [picture postcard]. CC0 Usage Conditions Apply Click for more information. Click to view download files.

Many local political leaders urged caution, as resistance movements took root in some New Jersey counties following the April 19, 1775 Battles of Lexington and Concord. On May 12, 1775, Bergen ...

According to the Lexington website, at the 60th anniversary of the Battle of Lexington, then-Gov. Edward Everett recounts Parker’s story: “Having loaded his musket, he placed his hat ...

Much of the world looks to the Battles of Lexington and Concord, fought in Massachusetts on April 19, 1775, as the start of the American Revolution.

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