Captain John Parker and 77 armed Americans stood on ... was about to ignite the American Revolution and change world history forever. Parker was 45 years old and riddled with tuberculosis.

John Parker, who commanded the militiamen ... Parker would not live to see the end of the Revolution and the birth of the American nation he had a hand in creating. At the young age of 45, he ...

This Dutch/English flintlock fowler is typical of the kind of firearms militiamen used at the start of the American Revolution ... under the command of Capt. John Parker left Buckman Tavern ...

All five are famous (and infamous) figures of the American Revolution. But do you know the story of John Parker? Peter Salem? John Glover? Hugh Mercer? The stories of these great patriots are ...

Information from the Library of Congress states that the stone portion of the structure was built by John Parker in 1702; the wooden section was added prior to the start of the Revolutionary War.

The Army Reserve traces its lineage to the citizen-Soldiers of the American Revolution through men such as Capt. John Parker, whose militia stepped forward in times of crisis. Formally recognized ...