Saturday is the 250th anniversary of the first shots in the Revolutionary War, the battles in Lexington and Concord in New England, as well as the beginning of a British siege of Boston ...

NEW KENT — The 250th anniversary of Patrick Henry and his Hanover County volunteer militia’s march through New Kent County en ...

New England Minutemen, some dressed for war in their finest clothes and at least one fellow wearing his wedding suit, fought the Revolutionary War’s first battles against British soldiers at ...

On April 19, 1775, the American Revolutionary War began with the Battles of Lexington and Concord—the start of an eight-year armed conflict between American colonists and the British Army. In 1897, ...

On April 19, 1995, a bomb exploded outside a federal office building in Oklahoma City, killing 168 people and injuring ...

Despite a pushback in court, the Trump administration has moved again to fire most staffers at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. That's the agency set up after the 2008 financial crisis to ...

The South Hadley American Legion Post 260 held a ceremony commemorating those who fought in the Revolutionary War. One of them, Colonel Benjamin Woodbridge of the 25th Massachusetts regiment.

Over a year into the American Revolution, disaster loomed for the patriots. A British fleet was heading straight for New York City. As Gen. George Washington prepared to respond militarily, a call ...

On May 12, 1775, Bergen County's leaders issued a formal declaration denouncing British taxation without ... New Jersey's involvement in the Revolutionary War can be traced to April 19, 1775.

He never got there. In the predawn darkness, Revere was captured when he ran into a British roadblock a few miles west of Lexington. One of his captors, Major Mitchell of the 5th Regiment of Foot ...

This year marks a special anniversary for Patriots’ Day. Patriots' Day, celebrated the third Monday in April, recognizes the battles of Lexington and Concord as well as the aftermath of the ...