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 end ...
A bloody clash between Bostonians and the British army leaves five dead in the Boston Massacre. On October 1st, 1768, General Gage and the British Army arrive in Boston to begin their occupation.