A Patriots Day reenactment of the North Bridge Fight at the Minute Man National Historical Park has been canceled because of flooding in a nearby causeway, according to Concord officials.

A dispute that’s been going on for centuries has heated up again as the neighboring towns plan competing celebrations to mark ...

A Patriots Day reenactment of the Revolutionary War musket fire at the North Bridge in Concord — site of the “shot heard round the world” — was called off due to flooding at Minute Man ...

Two hundred and fifty years ago, several small farming communities rose up against the British and helped form a new nation. Now, the towns are gearing up to party like it's 1775.

To the Concord militia gathered at the North Bridge, the rising smoke led them to think the regulars were sacking the town. Thus enraged, when the redcoats arrived, a bloody battle ensued.

In 1836, to commemorate the 50th anniversary of American independence, Concord erected a large monument at the North Bridge, and on it inscribed the phrase: “Here on the 19 of April 1775 was ...