LEXINGTON — Under the shroud of predawn darkness, a woman in Colonial dress held up a lantern, and quickly made her way across the town’s battle green alongside the shadowy figures of a few ...

Two hundred and fifty years ago, several small farming communities rose up against the British and helped form a new nation. Now, the towns are gearing up to party like it's 1775.

The towns of Lexington and Concord are gearing up for a weekend full of celebration next month for the 250th anniversary of the Revolutionary War. The historic sites of the first battle of the ...

It was the events on April 19, 1775, celebrated annually as Patriot's Day in Massachusetts, that gave the colonists their ...

According to the Lexington Minute Men, Captain John Parker had about 77 men on the Battle Green the morning of April 19, 1775. For this year's reenactment, the company plans to have around 40 ...

A dispute that’s been going on for centuries has heated up again as the neighboring towns plan competing celebrations to mark ...

In Lexington, the Training Band is responsible for the battle, inviting a British group to meet them on Lexington Green. A separate Lexington Town Celebration Committee organizes the parades and ...

and an event called “The Second Battle of Lexington.” It was a cold, gray morning on Feb. 4, 1920, when farmer Speed Collins found the cap and school bag. Thinking a student had lost them ...