Two hundred and fifty years ago, several small farming communities rose up against the British and helped form a new nation. Now, the towns are gearing up to party like it's 1775.

A major milestone in the history of America takes place next month in Massachusetts: The 250th anniversary of the battles at Lexington and Concord, on April 19. “This is where the shot was heard ...

Minute men like Lexington's Ebenezer Locke were third- or fourth-generation Americans, and therefore somewhat removed from their British roots. Seventy-seven members of the Lexington Training Band ...

When the British arrived, they found a small force of local militiamen, known as Minutemen, waiting in the dawn light. No one knows who fired the first shot, but when the skirmish was over ...