Images: Retrace Minutemen's first steps toward American independence

Images: Retrace Minutemen's first steps toward American independence

Reenactors in Lexington and Concord marked 250 years since the start of the American Revolutionary War on April 19.

250 years after America went to war for independence, a divided nation battles over its legacy

Let the arguments begin. Starting with Saturday’s anniversary of the Battles of Lexington and Concord, the United States will be looking back to its war of independence and asking where its legacy stands today.

FUUSN marks Boston’s 250 years standing against tyranny, as bells chime – Fig City News

At 6PM on Friday, the bells in the tower of the First Unitarian Society in Newton (FUUSN) pealed for 15 minutes, joining other places of worship across the country. All were resonating with the bells of Boston’s Old North Church, where two lanterns were hung exactly 250 years before to signal Paul Revere and others to warn Minutemen of the British troops approaching “by sea” (across the Charles River) on their way to what became the Battles of L…