On April 19, 1775, the British army set out on its ... The British were met with armed resistance in Lexington and Concord in what would be the first skirmishes in the Revolutionary War, made famous ...

Kevin Cox has organized an event on April 19 where gun owners in all 50 states will fire their guns at the same time on the 250th anniversary of ...

When he took command of the Continental Army in 1775, Washington barred the ... by side with their white counterparts at the battles of Lexington, Concord and Bunker Hill. The Governor of Virginia ...

HCR7 would officially proclaim April 19 as Patriots' Day in a Utah, a day which is already celebrated in a few states across ...

The fighting in Concord on April 19, 1775, was immortalized ... 18 men were killed or wounded in the battle at the bridge.

On April 18, 1775, Dr. Joseph Warren saw the British ... men on either side fell in Menotomy. Whether the war had begun in Lexington or Concord, at the moment the first Patriot or the first ...

Two hundred fifty years ago this month, on Feb. 9, 1775, the British Parliament declared the Massachusetts Bay Colony to be ...

Filmmaker Ken Burns will visit Lexington and Concord on April 17 to discuss his new documentary, "The American Revolution." ...

The colonials retreat; the redcoats will continue on to Concord ... 1775, militias pursued British forces in a 16-mile running battle back to Boston. By the end of that day, 49 colonials and 73 ...

the first Revolutionary War battles were fought in the state, in Lexington and Concord, on April 19, 1775." To commemorate the 250th anniversary of the Battle of Lexington and Concord ...

specifically the battles of Lexington and Concord, which happened on April 19, 1775. The holiday recognizes those two battles as well as what is known as the "shot heard 'round the world." ...