The battles, which emerged from a gathering revolutionary crisis, predicted the outcome of the war: the victory of the ...

Two towns in Massachusetts are fundamental to American history, but where the official first shot of the American Revolution happened has been debated for centuries.

As Massachusetts marks 250 years since "the shot heard round the world," a look back at how Bay State residents were preparing for that fateful day.

Saturday marks the 250th anniversary of the beginning of the American Revolutionary War with the "shot heard 'round the world" on Lexington Green in Massachusetts on April 19, 1775. The conflict ...