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 ...

As SC celebrates Carolina Day, the anniversary of Battle of Sullivan's Island, efforts are underway to raise awareness of ...

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

LEXINGTON, Mass. (WJAR) — 250 years ago, the first shots of the American Revolution rang out in the Battle of Lexington and Concord, signaling a major milestone toward American independence.

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 ...

The birth of the American Revolution 07:48. ... Major Buttrick gives a fateful order: 'Fire, for God's sake, fire.' ... site of the battle between British troops and colonial militiamen.