Newly released watercolor stamps from the USPS commemorate the 250th anniversary of the battles of Lexington, Concord and ...

In the wake of the Boston Tea Party, tensions between the American Colonies and British Government escalate rapidly.

The 250th birthday is referred to as the semiquincentennial or bisesquicentennial. As these names are a challenge to say, ...

April 19, marked the 250th anniversary of the battles of Lexington and Concord--those first fateful skirmishes in Massachusetts that launched the American Revolution. A day earlier, April 18, marked ...