Indiana's 92 counties are named for individuals who played a role in the Revolutionary War, with some of the most well-known ...

Parliament’s Stamp Act tax of the mid-1760s ignited the Anglo-American conflict. Yet, as historians broadly agree, it was ...

As 2026 ushers in the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution, there’s no better time to explore the revolutionary towns ...

Documentarian and New Hampshire resident Ken Burns is almost ready to release his new series, a six-part, 12 hour show on the American Revolution. It will air for six consecutive nights and will ...

Before the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, exhibitions and events in many states offer a variety of voices and views.

The American semiquincentennial begins now. It’s an opportunity for both celebration and reflection.

Exactly 250 years ago today, ragtag Patriot militias engaged British Army regulars at Lexington and Concord in what would become the first battle of the Revolutionary War, one against the tyranny o… ...

Two-hundred-and-fifty years ago, on April 19, 1775, British troops faced off against colonial militias in the Massachusetts towns of Lexington and Concord, and exchanged fire - the "shot heard ...

THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, a new six-part, 12-hour documentary series that explores the country’s founding and its eight-year War for Independence, will premiere on Sunday, November 16 and air for ...

How people of color participated in the American Revolution in Massachusetts and beyond Massachusetts is marking the start of the American Revolution 250 years ago with several events this weekend.

As Massachusetts celebrates the romanticized 250th anniversary of the battles of Concord and Lexington, we need an honest and radical American revolution.

NPR's Scott Simon talks with author Rick Atkinson in Lexington, Mass., about the first book of his forthcoming trilogy about the American Revolution, "The British are Coming." Today marks 250 ...