Charles H. Walker settled in Columbia County after the war, and his descendants are committed to preserving and sharing his ...

Charles H. Walker's family is committed to preserving and sharing his diary, which has entries from September 1861 through ...

This month marks the 250th anniversary of the Battles of Lexington and Concord, where minutemen fought British soldiers who ...

For 250 years, historians have argued over who fired first at the Battle of Lexington, when Massachusetts militiamen faced British soldiers about 20 miles west of Boston.

But even though I have a hard time envisioning these historic events occurring in my hometown as it is today, sometimes when ...

American Sacrifice, Dutch Freedom, and a Forever Promise Forged in World War II" revolves around 12 people whose lives were ...

U.S. Army Sgt. Ivor D. Thornton, 34, landed on Omaha Beach in Normandy in the second wave of the D-Day invasion on June 6, ...

From the bravery of the Massachusetts Minutemen to the famous midnight ride of Paul Revere to the very first battle of the Revolutionary War, Massachusetts was a host for several key happenings during ...

NEW YORK -- The American Revolution began 250 years ago, in a blast of gunshot and a trail of colonial spin. Starting with ...

Two hundred and fifty years ago, shots fired in Lexington and Concord set off the Revolutionary War. A new nation, ...

Apr. 19—"One if by land; two if by sea." Who can forget that memorable passage from Longfellow's epic poem chronicling the eve before the dawn of the American Revolution? It alludes to the signal ...