The British were met with armed resistance in Lexington and Concord in what would be the first skirmishes in the Revolutionary War, made famous decades later by Ralph Waldo Emerson’s “Concord Hymn” ...

The start of the Revolutionary War is one of the top 52 places to visit in 2025, according to a list by The New York Times.

While the Patriots were ultimately victorious in the American Revolution, choosing sides and deciding whether to fight in the war was far ... at the battles of Lexington, Concord and Bunker ...

As the site of the first battle of the Revolutionary War, the neighboring Massachusetts towns are known for their importance ...

the Battle of Lexington and Concord, at the start of the Revolutionary War; the presence of Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau and Nathaniel Hawthorne and the Alcotts during the middle of ...

On April 19, 1775, the battles of Lexington and Concord kicked off the American Revolutionary War. In 2025, Massachusetts will mark 250 years since the fight for independence began in our own ...

Each year in Lexington and nearby Minute Man National Historical Park, the days around the April holiday are packed with military demonstrations, parades and ceremonies honoring the people and actions ...

It’s a celebration for the centuries as Massachusetts commemorates 250 years of its central role in American independence.

Fighting first broke out in Lexington (the fabled "shot heard round the world"), then in Concord. The day ended in a British retreat to Boston. But the war would be long — John Adams had ...

Before the quill pens scratched parchment, the first Revolutionary War battles were fought in the state, in Lexington and Concord, on April 19, 1775. The towns are commemorating those battles with ...