The irony of the moment does not escape Revolutionary War reenactor Justin Murray, a 33-year-old eighth grade civics teacher ...

The story is well known. Battles between members of colonial militias and British soldiers broke out in the towns of ...

Ahead of four local events this week, Ken Burns talks about his star-studded, 12-hour documentary series coming later this ...

The militiamen who stood in defiance on Lexington Green are the first who fired upon the British regulars, but the road to revolution was paved long before gunfire erupted on that cold April morning ...

Literally meaning "half of five hundred years," semiquincentennial is pronounced ​se-mē-quinn-sen-ten-ē-el. The 250th ...

This Saturday is the 250th anniversary of the first day of the 3,059-day war that birthed the modern world. Commemorating the April 19, 1775, skirmishes at Lexington Green and Concord ...

The U.S. will be celebrating next year, marking our daring break from Great Britain and the founding of the nation.

The Boston Marathon is (almost) always scheduled on Patriots' Day, and the combination of the two makes for a unique ...

Saturday is 250th anniversary of the battles of Lexington and Concord. Fort Stanwix, in Rome, stands as a reminder of their ...

On April 19 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., the Agawam Historical Society will celebrate the 250th anniversary of the call to arms ...

President Donald Trump's assault on the rule of law is an effort to destroy the values for which the Founding Fathers fought.