Date (s): April 19, 1775 Casualties: 368 Siege of Boston After failing in Lexington and Concord, the British troops marched back to Boston, which was held by the British during the war. However ...

Just prior to the first shots at Lexington and Concord on April 19, 1775, Chief Justice Frederick Smyth, New Jersey's last royal chief justice, had been pushing hard for reconciliation with Britain.

In Massachusetts, Revolutionary War reenactors gathered on the 250th anniversary of the Battles of Lexington and Concord, the first battles of the War for Independence. AYESHA RASCOE, HOST: ...

And so it began: Two hundred and fifty years ago, the Battles of Lexington and Concord propelled the British colonies in America into a revolutionary war that would sever governmental ties with ...

Lexington Celebrates walking tour: April 18, 11 a.m. to noon. The tour explores the Revolutionary War battlefield in Lexington. Re-creation of the Paul Revere ride: April 18, 10 p.m. to 10:45 p.m.

Menotomy is often forgotten in this bloody tale, but the town saw outright violence from the Crown troops that day. A day that left around 150 people dead and the American Revolutionary War begun.