1770: Crispus Attucks is killed in the Boston Massacre. 1775: Peter Salem, a black Patriot, fights at Lexington and Concord. 1780: Elizabeth Freeman wins her suit for emancipation under the new ...

Travel is not always about visiting the best beaches, engaging in wild adventures, and downing sunset cocktails. It can also ...

LEXINGTON — On April 19, 1775, the Revolutionary War began. On April 20 ... about 700 British troops left Boston on a mission to destroy cannon and other military supplies they believed to ...

The Freedom Trail in Boston is offering tours about women of the Revolutionary War in March The tours are being offered in the spirit of Women's History Month, which lasts all of March The tours ...

Evacuation Day commemorates the day in 1776 that British General William Howe and his troops evacuated Boston, following the first battles of the Revolutionary War. In the spirit of Massachusetts ...

As the Revolutionary War spread through every region ... and he later died from a fatal infection. Boston King was an escaped slave who joined up with the Loyalists and later documented his ...

The Charleston Tea Party happened days before the more famous one in Boston ... war's southern theater. Over 200 battles and skirmishes took place in the state over the course of the Revolutionary ...

LEXINGTON — On April 19, 1775, the Revolutionary War began. On April 20 ... David L. Ryan / The Boston Globe That’s the kinda statement that will get you a free beer in Lexington, where ...