This Saturday, April 19, marks 250 years since the start of the Revolutionary War in Massachusetts. Here's how it started.

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

As someone who loves history, Boston has been on my list of places to visit in the U.S. Here are the top six places I visited on my spring break trip to Boston. The Green Dragon Tavern is a pub we ...

The route of Paul Revere’s midnight ride from Boston to Lexington 250 years ago looks much different today. For starters, ...

On the evening of April 18, 1775, Paul Revere disembarked on his famous ride to Lexington to warn the colonial forces of the British's imminent arrival. Two hundred and fifty years later, the ...

No other aspect of the American Revolution is as useful a metaphor for people all along the political spectrum.

Paul Revere embarked upon his famous midnight ride on April 18, 1775, dashing from Boston toward Lexington and Concord to ...

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s famous poem “Paul Revere’s Ride,” taught in classrooms across the United States for over a ...

In 1773, one unidentified official's disagreement with his boss, and his actions to inform Americans about it, played a big ...

Massachusetts history runs deep. As one of the first 13 states, Massachusetts has no shortage of historical landmarks from ...

Everyone has some knowledge of “the midnight ride of Paul Revere,” the Revolutionary War’s equivalent of a Signal chat. But as the 250th anniversary of Revere’s ...

The 250th birthday is referred to as the semiquincentennial or bisesquicentennial. As these names are a challenge to say, ...