BOSTON -- Solemn ceremonies and a protest marked the 250th anniversary Thursday of the massacre in Boston that helped spark the Revolutionary War. A wreath was laid at the grave of the five victims of ...

Contrasting accounts of the 1770 Boston Massacre from both Patriot and British perspectives, followed by the Boston Tea Party and Parliament's harsh response. Includes the Continental Congress's first ...

Michell Wu, mayor of sanctuary Boston, should remind Congress in her testimony before the House Oversight Committee Wednesday that it falls on the anniversary of the Boston Massacre. The committee, ...

Since the Stamp Act of 1765, street violence in Boston had become commonplace. Riots and protests had been instrumental in securing the repeal of the Stamp Act in 1766. Street protests continued on ...

March 5 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1770, British troops killed five colonials in the so-called Boston Massacre, one of the events that led to the American Revolution. History buffs relived ...

THEY HAVE INVITED THE U.S. ARMY RESERVE TO A MEETING ON THURSDAY. NEW THIS MORNING, A BOSTON CITY COUNCILOR WANTS THE LEGACY OF CRISPUS ATTUCKS IMMORTALIZED IN THE CITY COUNCILOR BRIAN WARRELL IS ...

A new statue may be coming to Downtown Boston sooner than later, with a city councilor looking to create a monument in honor of Crispus Attucks, a sailor of African and Indigenous descent who was the ...

From Paul Revere to present-day commentary, BPL’s new exhibit connects the past to modern movements ...

NEW YORK (AP) — EBay has confirmed that it pulled a Nike T-shirt with the words “Boston Massacre” printed on it from its online marketplace. Nike Inc. has already pulled the T-shirts from the market.

Tempers were running high in Boston as British troops struggled to deal with increasingly belligerent American colonists unhappy with British taxes and policies. Those tempers boiled over on March 5, ...

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.