Lord Dartmouth, Secretary of State for America sent a letter to General Thomas Gage, the British commander in chief in Boston ...

The iconic Henry Wadsworth Longfellow poem “Paul Revere’s Ride” begins, “Listen, my children ...” And, sure enough, we have ...

LEXINGTON — ­flicker in the pre-dawn hours on the Battle Green in Lex­ington on the morning of April 19. It’s 1775 and the ...

(we still considered ourselves British); Revere didn’t ride alone, and he didn’t even make it to Concord (the British briefly ...

Falmouth Historical Society kicks off a multi-year American Revolution commemoration on Sunday: Tour a veteran's home; hear ...

(we still considered ourselves British); Revere didn’t ride alone, and he didn’t even make it to Concord (the British briefly captured him); and the role of the celebrated Minutemen, the best of the ...

Troops of Operation Lafiyan Jama’a have repelled a militia attack on Teegbe community in Bassa Local Government Area of Plateau State, neutralising one suspect and arresting two others during a ...

In April 1955, the National Guard’s 400,000-strong force responded to an unprecedented activation exercise. Operation ...

The 250th birthday is referred to as the semiquincentennial or bisesquicentennial. As these names are a challenge to say, ...

and he didn't even make it to Concord (the British briefly captured him); and the role of the celebrated Minutemen, the best of the militia units, tends to be exaggerated in the popular ...

BROWN: A troop of Minutemen, New England's militia, march closely behind. Like the man playing Prescott, they're all reenactors. They gather at the top of the hill and fire a salute. (SOUNDBITE OF ...