It's the 250th anniversary of the Battles of Lexington and Concord, and it's still not clear who fired the first shot of the American Revolution? Does it even matter?

Jefferson City isn't likely to be the subject of a British invasion, but minutemen were in the Capital City Monday evening to ...

The most sensational rumor going back more than a century, is that Margaret Kemble Gage, the wife of the British general, helped tip off the American Revolution.

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." ...

April 2025 marks 250 years since the famous "shot heard round the world" was fired, beginning a chain of events that resulted in the establishment of a new American nation.

But no one knows who fired first, or why. And the revolt itself was initially less a revolution than a demand for better terms. Woody Holton, a professor of early American history at the ...

Utah commemorates the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution with events at the state Capitol. The celebrations include "Two Lights for Tomorrow" and displays of historic artifacts.

Mr. Trump’s flurry of statements about American history coincides with the march to the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, which kicks into gear this weekend with ...

Dunmore, in turn, had his own spies watching the watchers. In the early hours of April 21, 1775, gale-force winds whipped across the town square, driving the shivering sentries from their posts to ...

The American Revolution defined the United States in an epic conflict that reached far beyond its shores. “The Fate of the Day,” the second volume of Rick Atkinson’s Revolution Trilogy ...

A $4M construction project will turn Camden’s Benjamin Cooper Tavern at 75 Erie St. into the American Revolution Museum of Southern New Jersey. The stone structure erected in 1734 was occupied ...

Ken Burns will host a preview of his upcoming "American Revolution" series at Symphony Hall, with clips of the film and performances of its music.