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 ...

It was on April 19, 1775 — 250 years ago — that the British Redcoats marched to Lexington, where they skirmished with Minutemen on the Village Green after they failed to find John Hancock ...

Shortly before dawn on Monday morning, re-enactors, some dressed as British Redcoats, some as Colonial militiamen, massed on Lexington’s town green to pay tribute to those who fell in April 1775 ...

The British return to safety is largely credited to Percy. Gage and Smith Gage suspected, as others have, that his American wife betrayed his confidence to Dr. Joseph Warren and the patriots.

With Patriots’ Day just a few weeks away, the Minuteman is taking a closer look at the participants in the Battle of Lexington. ‘Meet the Redcoats’ will introduce you to a few members of the ...

As the redcoats marched into town, a shot rang out—from which side, no one was sure—and the British troops opened fire. Within minutes, eight colonists were dead.

Street signs in Lexington, Massachusetts, bear an emblem today that pays homage to Captain John Parker and the town militia, 77 men who stood up 700 British Redcoats on April 19, 1775, and fought ...

March 5: After 18 months of a British Army presence in Boston, Americans taunt the Redcoats into making a deadly mistake, shooting into a crowd and killing five men. The event, known as the Boston ...

The redcoats marched across the bridge but then found themselves unable to return fire because they had formed into a very narrow line to ... 19 American Patriots and 73 British regulars were dead.

In the early hours of Sept. 28, 1778, several hundred British redcoats stealthily approached the village of Old Tappan, close to New Jersey’s border with New York. Their commander, Maj. Gen ...

It was on April 19, 1775 —- 250 years ago — that the British Redcoats marched to Lexington, where they skirmished with Minutemen on the Village Green after they failed to find John Hancock ...