The first battle of the American Revolution was marked on Saturday in Lexington, Massachusetts, 250 years later, with a reenactment and a parade, along with other events. Many spectators arrived early ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Thousands of people gathered at dawn Saturday to commemorate the 250th anniversary reenactment of the Battle of Lexington. Exactly ...

How did we get here? Lexington, Massachusetts is well known for being the site of the "shot heard 'round the world," the first shots of the Battle of Lexington that kicked off the American Revolution ...

Tens of thousands of people gathered in Lexington and Concord, Massachusetts, on April 19 to participate in the ceremonies marking the 250th anniversary of the battles coined the 'shot heard round the ...

LEXINGTON — Thousands of people came to this Massachusetts town Saturday just before dawn to witness the beginnings of the American Revolution. Amid a hail of gunfire, they watched as British soldiers ...

LEXINGTON, Massachusetts — 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 ...

It was a special week for the Birthplace of American Liberty. It started with a screening of clips of Ken Burns’ unreleased documentary and will conclude with a Naturalization Ceremony, but arguably ...

LEXINGTON, MA – Two hundred and fifty-one years ago, as George Washington once put it, "the first blood was spilt in the dispute of Great Britain" and a revolution was born at the Lexington Battle ...

The Lexington Battle Green was rededicated on the 250th anniversary of the Battles of Lexington and Concord. Local, state and military leaders spoke during the event, including U.S. Rep. Katherine ...

SPECIAL COMMEMORATION. OUR GOOD FRIEND, LEXINGTON’S VERY OWN RACHEL DRATCH. A WARM WELCOME HOME FOR LEXINGTON NATIVE AND SNL ALUM RACHEL DRATCH. THE FIRST THING THAT I THINK OF THAT YOU ALL PROBABLY ...

Although the weekend’s battle reenactments are over, people can still connect with the 250th anniversary of the battles of Lexington and Concord through new commemorative stamps. The pane of 15 ...