The government’s VE-VJ Day website wants “every schoolchild in the country to have the opportunity to connect with the ...

He had previously served with the British Army during the second Boer War, where he was awarded the Military medal. "On the battlefield and sporting field, Blair Swannell holds a unique place in ...

A dawn salute was held at Old North Bridge in Concord on Saturday morning, where a monument marks the spot where the first British soldier fell, symbolizing the start of the Revolutionary War.

on April 19, 1755. Timken Museum of Art A Founding Father and fellow patriot named Dr. Joseph Warren tipped Revere and Dawes off to the British Army’s plans, which included arresting Samuel ...

He had been born on July 27, 1696, and at 78 was the oldest soldier to fight on either side in the Revolutionary War. His family had begged him to flee with them to safety, but he refused. He was ...

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 ...

A soldier was martyred and four terrorists killed ... paid the ultimate sacrifice and embraced shahadat. Weapons and ammunition were also recovered from the killed khwarij, who remained actively ...

For 250 years, historians have argued over who fired first at the Battle of Lexington, when Massachusetts militiamen faced British soldiers about 11 miles west of Boston. A musket blast caused red ...

The Concord Independent Battery, one of the oldest horse-drawn artillery units in America, parades through the town's Monument Square on Saturday, April 19, 2025. On Saturday, tens of thousands of ...

EIGHT LEXINGTON MINUTEMEN WERE KILLED, TEN WERE WOUNDED. ONE BRITISH SOLDIER WAS ALSO KILLED. YOU ACTUALLY PULL YOURSELF IN BECAUSE WE KNOW THE MEN THAT WERE ON THE GREEN. WE KNOW THEIR NAMES ...

The prototype of one, known as the RapidDestroyer, was recently put to the test by British soldiers at an undisclosed weapons range in West Wales, and it has "proven capable of neutralising ...