This Saturday, April 19, marks 250 years since the start of the Revolutionary War in Massachusetts. It began with the "Shot heard 'round the world" on April 19, 1775 in Lexington and it marked the ...

The events here and at nearby Lexington proved that the militias could stand up to the British as the American War of Independence ... not reenactors. Massachusetts Congresswoman Lori Trahan ...

Most notably, Massachusetts is known as the birthplace of the Revolutionary War, with the first battle of the war taking place in the state — a landmark event in the history of the United States ...