Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It all started with a bang. Well, more precisely, it was a shot—the “shot heard round the world” that began the Revolutionary War.

A visit during Patriots' Day in April is a bucket-list item for many history buffs.

Start at the Lexington Visitor Center When visiting these towns, begin your journey through history at the Lexington Visitor Center, where a diorama of the Battle of Lexington is displayed with ...

LEXINGTON, Mass. — Tens of thousands of people came to Lexington, Massachusetts, just before dawn on Saturday to witness a reenactment of how the American Revolution began 250 years ago, with the ...

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The “shot heard ‘round the world”—a pivotal moment in the American Revolution—was fired just steps from the front door of the Inn at Hastings Park in Lexington, Massachusetts. This April marks its ...

The Lexington Battle Green is located 11 miles outside Boston, Massachusetts, in the center of the more than 300-year-old town. Its historical significance comes from the men who died at the hands of ...

Although the weekend’s battle reenactments are over, people can still connect with the 250th anniversary of the battles of Lexington and Concord through new commemorative stamps. The pane of 15 ...

It all started with a bang. Well, more precisely, it was a shot—the “shot heard round the world” that began the Revolutionary War. On the night of April 18, 1775—into the early hours of the 19th—Paul ...