Back in 2000, the world’s power players were a varied lot in age, steering their nations through a pre-9/11 fog. George W. Bush would soon be US President at 54 years old. Jiang Zemin, 74, led China.

All maps are influenced by the intent and biases of their creator—even those that are striving to be as accurate as possible.

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See photos captured by Beacon photographers at reenactment's of Paul Reveres' famous midnight ride and the Battle of ...

By using surviving artifacts, eyewitness testimony, accurately reproduced uniforms, original firearms and the thorough study ...

The 1980 execution of four American churchwomen was one of the most shocking human rights crimes of the twentieth century. No ...

A conversation with Greg Grandin about his groundbreaking new book America, América: A New History of the New World.

After the fights at Lexington and Concord's North Bridge, the British column had to return to Boston. On its way, the ...

Two-hundred-and-fifty years ago, on April 19, 1775, British troops faced off against colonial militias in the Massachusetts ...

In Massachusetts, Revolutionary War reenactors gathered on the 250th anniversary of the Battles of Lexington and Concord, the first battles of the War for Independence.

A new set of stamps honors five pivotal American Revolution battlefields across the Northeast as the US prepares for its ...

A teenager in Lexington, Mass., has for years been teaching people about the battle that started the war 250 years ago this ...