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 ...

Boston commemorates the 256th anniversary of the Boston Massacre on Thursday, transforming the day into Crispus Attucks Day to honor the first person killed in the event. A circle outside the Old ...

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, ...

What were considered the first deaths of the American Revolutionary War took place in the Boston Massacre on 5 March 1770. However, the first deaths of the conflict between the thirteen colonies and ...

History remembers John Adams as a Founding Father and our country's second president. But in the tense years before the American Revolution, he was still just a lawyer, fighting for justice in one of ...

Today, our Nation remembers the 256th anniversary of the Boston Massacre—a seminal chapter in the American story that lit the fuse for what would become the greatest crusade for liberty, ...

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 ...

ORLANDO, Fla. — Channel 9 is honoring Crispus Attucks, a sailor who was among the first to give his life for American freedom. Attucks died in 1770 during the Boston Massacre while resisting British ...

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 ...

WELL, LET’S START WITH THE HISTORY LESSON. ALL OF THIS HAPPENED IN THE SHADOW OF THE OLD STATE HOUSE BACK ON MARCH 5TH, 1770. THAT WAS AN EVENING 256 YEARS AGO, WHEN A GROUP OF COLONISTS TAUNTED ...

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, ...

Lucy meets Prof Serena Zabin in Boston to learn more about the Boston Massacre. Lucy meets Prof Serena Zabin at the Old State House in Boston to learn more about the events that may have unfolded on ...