It was the first major conflict of the American Revolution. On the morning of June 17, 1775, colonial patriots awaited the battle in the heights above Boston Harbor.

New stamps commemorating pivotal battles of the American Revolution are available now They can be purchased at post offices across the Bay State, and across the U.S. The pivotal Battle of Concord ...

Parliament’s Stamp Act tax of the mid-1760s ignited the Anglo-American conflict. Yet, as historians broadly agree, it was ...

The Battle of Bunker Hill, 250 years ago this week, dropped the other shoe on the Thirteen Colonies’ march toward independence. In that spring of 1775, the first shots were fired with some ...

Today, we mark three days in June 1775 that helped the American Revolution. ... kicking off the first major battle of the American Revolution, known as the Battle of Bunker Hill. ...