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While many learned about the American Revolution as beginning in the Northeast, some may not know Florida's role in the ...
Even though 250 years have elapsed since the fateful first shots of the American Revolution—fired on April 19, 1775—there are still pieces of evidence remaining from the day’s fighting.
“The Occupied City: New York and the American Revolution,” opening May 2026 and presented with the Gotham Center for New York City History, will relate — in about 200 maps, documents, art ...
From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to cover? Let us know! Saturday, April 19 is the 250th anniversary of the “shot heard round the world,” or ...
NPR's Scott Simon talks with author Rick Atkinson in Lexington, Mass., about the first book of his forthcoming trilogy about the American Revolution, "The British are Coming." ...
Massachusetts is marking the start of the American Revolution 250 years ago with several events this weekend. One Concord man is making sure that the contributions of people of color during the ...
The first battle of the American Revolution was marked on Saturday in Lexington, Massachusetts, 250 years later, with a reenactment and a parade, along with other events. Many spectators arrived ...
Protesting the deportations, cost-cutting, program eliminating and other actions of President Donald Trump’s administration, the 250th anniversary of the start of the American Revolution was not ...