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As the U.S. marks the 250th anniversary of the Battle of Bunker Hill, it might take a moment — or more — to remember why.
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Eight of the “Lexington Martyrs” who were shot and killed by British soldiers on April 19, 1775, are buried in a common grave at the edge of the Battle Green under a monument erected in 1799.
“Nothing about the current moment is happening in a vacuum or out of context,” says Hilary Green ... to claim the Confederate battle flag as its own. Many recent monuments attempt to correct ...
George Washington Birthplace National Monument, likewise ... Massachusetts minutemen stood on Lexington Green and faced down the seemingly indomitable British military. Around 5:00 a.m., the ...
LEXINGTON - Tens of thousands flocked to the Lexington Battle Green on Saturday morning, April 19, to watch the reenactment of the skirmish that launched the Revolutionary War. This year marked ...
LEXINGTON — Thousands of people came to this Massachusetts town Saturday just before dawn to witness the beginnings of the American Revolution. Amid a hail of gunfire, they watched as British ...
In Troy, organizers say more than 300 people joined a march over the Green Island Bridge ... was also the 250th anniversary of the Battles of Lexington and Concord, considered the first ...
Lexington is the home of the Lexington Battle Green, where the first battle of the Revolutionary War was fought on April 19, 1775. Early Saturday morning, reenactors gathered on the green to ...
Fifty years ago, at the bicentennial of the battles, I stood with thousands of others around the Lexington Green at the crack ... lay a wreath at the Minuteman monument while British Ambassador ...
but arguably the most-anticipated event of the Lex250 week was held Saturday morning on the Lexington Battle Green: The Reenactment of the Battle of Lexington. Crews worked through the night to ...