PARK SLOPE — On Saturday, the Old Stone House in Washington Park, on one of the sites of the American Revolution’s Battle of Brooklyn (aka Battle of Long Island), will in joint partnership with the ...

NPR's Scott Simon talks with author Rick Atkinson in Lexington, Mass., about the first book of his forthcoming trilogy about the American Revolution, "The British are Coming." Today marks 250 years ...

Daniel Morgan leads the British into a trap, securing a crucial victory for the Patriots. Nathanael Greene is dispatched to the South to replace the disgraced Horatio Gates. Despite being outnumbered, ...

CONCORD, Mass. -- Nearly 250 years ago, hundreds of militiamen lined a hillside in Massachusetts and started firing a barrage of musket balls toward retreating British troops, marking the first major ...

Everyone knows how the redcoats clashed with patriots at Lexington and Concord in April 1775, sparking the American Revolution. Yet often forgotten is an incident that took place two days later and ...

LEXINGTON, Mass. (AP) — Tens of thousands of people came to Lexington, Massachusetts, just before dawn on Saturday to witness a reenactment of how the American Revolution began 250 years ago, with the ...

As the nation marks 250 years since the Battles of Lexington and Concord, which ignited the American Revolution, one mystery refuses to die. Who fired the first shot? It’s been called "the shot heard ...

Adam Hunt’s three-piece wedding suit rests tucked into acid-free tissue paper in a garment box at the Yates County History ...

A recent event by the Arlington Historical Society marked the 250th anniversary of the founding of local and statewide militias in the Revolutionary War era. The program held at the Ball-Sellers House ...

FAIRHAVEN — The Fairhaven Village Militia will start off its “Evening at the Fort” series with a bang – literally – when members commemorate the 250th anniversary of the first naval battle of the ...