This month marks the 250th anniversary of the outbreak of the American War for Independence, an event that unfolded nearly 400 miles due east of Chautauqua County, but one that still resonates deeply ...

In mid-April 1775, Revere rode to warn Concord that General Thomas Gage, Massachusetts Governor and commander of British forces, had his eye on the munitions they stockpiled. On his route back to ...

When British troops went to seize arms stockpiled by American colonists at Concord, Massachusetts, they could have had little ...

Historians have debated whether the New Jersey-born wife of a British general was the one who leaked his orders and set the ...

Reenactors showed thousands of people the story start of the American Revolutionary War and the "shot heard round the world" on its 250th anniversary.

Revere was one of two messengers sent from Boston by Dr. Joseph Warren to let the residents ... Brown Beauty. Bunker Hill Monument Illuminated (9:30 p.m.): As Paul Revere’s figure fades ...

"Grant visited Concord on June 17, 1875, to attend the centennial celebrations of the Battle of Bunker Hill. While the primary ... sent from Boston by Dr. Joseph Warren to let the residents ...

The steeple of the Old North Church seen from atop Copps Hill. (Jesse Costa/WBUR) In reality, a doctor and spymaster named Joseph Warren summoned ... we’re higher than Bunker Hill, we’re ...