(Image by Getty Images) December 1773 saw the colonists dump a cargo of British tea into the harbour ... by destroying their trunnions (axles), as well as hoards of flour and musket balls, which they ...

After the fights at Lexington and Concord's North Bridge, the British column had to return to Boston. On its way, the ...

It's the 250th anniversary of the Battles of Lexington and Concord, and it's still not clear who fired the first shot of the ...

Revere, who was later immortalized in Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s famous poem, was one of many riders who rode through the ...

From artillery, cannon shot, tents, musket balls, powder, cartridges and provisions to medical kits, wooden bowls, spoons and 15,000 canteens, it is very evident why the British felt they should ...

In 1773, one unidentified official's disagreement with his boss, and his actions to inform Americans about it, played a big ...

The battles, which emerged from a gathering revolutionary crisis, predicted the outcome of the war: the victory of the ...

Inside the steeple of Old North Church and among the Southern Colonies, less familiar stories of the events from 250 years ...

Children 1. Who wrote The Tiger Who Came to Tea? 2. Who was the youngest British monarch to ascend the throne? 3. Which British child king ruled from the age of 9 but died at just 15? 4.

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