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Massachusetts is turning 250: When and where to celebrate Patriots' Day for free
Cities and towns across Greater Boston will commemorate their roles in the Revolutionary War with reenactments, vigils and ...
Embrace Boston hopes to gather 10,000+ on Boston Common for anniversary of Freedom Rally
Marin Luther King III is joining community leaders for the 60th anniversary of the 1965 Freedom Rally on Boston Common later ...
Ken Burns celebrates ‘The American Revolution’ in Boston, Concord
In a time when we’re so divided, it could be so helpful and inspirational to go back to our origin story, cut the barnacles ...
Here's how the Revolutionary War started in Massachusetts 250 years ago
This Saturday, April 19, marks 250 years since the start of the Revolutionary War in Massachusetts. Here's how it started.
Forget Boston. Philly was where the Revolutionary War really went down.
The American Philosophical Society's new exhibit for the 250th birthday of America documents daily life in Philadelphia ...
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A 250-year-old debate: Where was the ‘shot heard round the world' fired?
As the 250th anniversary of the Revolutionary War approaches, a familiar battle is brewing in Massachusetts. For two ...