The filmmaker talks to editorial page editor James Dao about how his newest project is the most important one he’ll ever make ...

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

The second volume in Pulitzer-winning historian Rick Atkinson's planned trilogy on the American Revolution publishes Tuesday.

It’s one of the biggest conspiracy theories surrounding the American Revolutionary War. The most famous midnight ride in ...

About half of 30 flags known to exist from that time are on display at the Museum of the American Revolution. It's the ...

A Concord man is making sure that the contributions of people of color during the Revolutionary War do not go unnoticed.

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

Renowned documentarian Ken Burns spoke about the nearly 10-year process of creating his latest film, "The American Revolution ...

As the 250th anniversary of America’s independence approaches, the president is moving to put his stamp on how the nation’s ...

Reenactors showed thousands of people the story start of the American Revolutionary War and the "shot heard round the world" on its 250th anniversary.

It's the 250th anniversary of the Battles of Lexington and Concord, and it's still not clear who fired the first shot of the ...

For 250 years, historians have argued over who fired first at the Battle of Lexington, when Massachusetts militiamen faced British soldiers about 20 miles west of Boston.