It’s one of Abigail Adams’s most famous lines. Early in 1776 — not even 12 months after the battles of Lexington and Concord — she wrote to her husband, John, who was with the Continental Congress.

As the British pushed deeper into North America, they ended up giving Indians concessions that colonists would not tolerate.

With the shot heard around the world and launching the American Revolution fired in Massachusetts, this April will mark a ...

Massachusetts communities will mark 250 years since the "shot heard 'round the world" with reenactments, parades and other ...

As part of the 250th celebration in Washington County, The Washington County Historical Society will host historian Eric ...

Now, and for some years to come, we will need a lot less Paul Weiss, and a lot more Benjamin Warner.

Black Powder Epic Battles expands into another era of warfare soon from Warlord Games. It was announced this week that we're ...

Fan of Revolutionary history? A new exhibition celebrating Massachusetts' role in the Revolutionary War opens in Boston today ...

Blame the Patriots more than the cunning Dunmore. Norfolk native Andrew Lawler’s latest book is a lively gathering of ...

Here’s a look at ongoing civil war in Syria. Facts Bashar al-Assad ruled Syria as president from July 2000-December 2024. His father, Hafez al-Assad, ruled Syria from 1970-2000. The ongoing violence ...

The role of Billy Flora, a free Black man, in this pivotal victory — and the erosion later of rights — show a paradox of the ...

Protesters inject politics into an event celebrating a great patriot, trying to ruin a historical remembrance that folks were ...