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

During World War I, Hitler served in the German army as a young corporal and dispatch runner. In 1914, amid the chaos of battle near the French town of Marcoing, British soldier Henry Tandey ...

Britons could be unnecessarily spending over £200 on their energy bills due to a simple freezer-related error. Failing to defrost your freezer once or twice annually ...

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 ...

A few rounds of gunfire were exchanged on Grape Island in Hingham Bay during May 1775, when Hingham militiamen found British soldiers gathering provisions from a farm there. The British got away ...