On June 17, 1775, New England soldiers faced the British army in one of their first battles, on hilly pastures across the Charles River from Boston. In the engagement, popularly known as the Battle of ...

OUR TED WAYMAN IS IN CHARLESTOWN. THESE ARE THE DESCENDANTS OF THOSE WHO FOUGHT IN THE BATTLE OF BUNKER HILL. THEY SAY THEIR RELATIVES ARE AMERICAN HEROES. I THINK ABOUT MY FIFTH GREAT GRANDFATHER, ...

The Bunker Hill Monument that towers above Charlestown is one of Boston's most well-known historic markers. But a group of Charlestown residents say it isn't a sufficient recognition of the first ...

The event also marked the completion of the new Patriot Pathway on the William Felton “Bill” Russell Bridge. Eight newly planted trees now stand as living memorials to twelve Revolutionary War ...

Charlestown was brightly colored red, white and blue Sunday for the 249th parade commemorating the historic Battle of Bunker Hill. “It’s such an important part of our history,” said Lily Jones, ...

Paul Revere, a patriot of the American Revolution, forever marked the date April 18, 1775, in history with his unique strategy to tackle the British along with his famous horseback ride warning Boston ...

Karl Rove says that we’re focused on the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence because it is “What Made America Great” (op-ed, July 3). Fair enough, but without June 17, 1775, there ...