On April 19, 1775, British and colonial militias engaged in the Battles of Lexington and Concord. In response to British troops marching from Boston to Concord to seize colonial arms and supplies ...

1770: Crispus Attucks is killed in the Boston Massacre. 1775: Peter Salem, a black Patriot, fights at Lexington and Concord. 1780: Elizabeth Freeman wins her suit for emancipation under the new ...

Thaddeus Blood had just turned twenty when he joined his fellow Minute Men at the Battle of Concord on April 19, 1775. He was, by many accounts, the last survivor of the battle, and, by all ...

Starting Saturday morning, the towns of Concord and Lexington will host a series of tours and reenactments that commemorate the very first battles of the American Revolution and honor the soldiers ...

where the Battle of Lexington was recreated on the Lexington Battle Green. Concord's annual Patriots' Day Parade, meanwhile, is still happening as scheduled, according to the National Park Service ...

Massachusetts designated April 19 as Patriots' Day in 1894 to commemorate the opening battles of Lexington and Concord in the American Revolution. The holiday is observed, however, on the third ...

One of several local events marking the historic Battles of Lexington and Concord, the North Bridge reenactment was supposed to feature a “dramatic tactical demonstration” involving colonial ...

Lexington has reported its fifth homicide of year. On May 4 Lexington police officers were responding to the 2100 block of Christian Avenue for a report of person down and when they arrived they ...

The third Monday in April recognizes the battles of Lexington and Concord as well as the aftermath ... NASA simulations provide an answer. Cicada map 2024: See where to find Brood XIX and XIII ...

LEXINGTON, MASS. (WHDH ... horse-riding reenactors pretend to battle. A reenactment in Concord was canceled due to flooding in Minute Man National Historical Park.

They were shown placing the capsule in the home it would occupy for 65 years. There were no instructions about when and where to open it. But the photo acted as a treasure map. “I just said ...