Stories of Black and Indigenous Patriots Come Into Focus as US Remembers the American Revolution

Stories of Black and Indigenous patriots come into focus as US remembers the American Revolution

LEXINGTON, Mass. (AP) — Charlie Price says he didn’t learn much about the American Revolution in school. He knew about George Washington, the Battle of Bunker Hill and that the patriots won. It wasn’t until he joined the Lexington Minutemen — a group of Revolutionary War reenactors — that he realized there’s so much more to the story.

Stories of Black and Indigenous patriots come into focus as U.S. remembers the American Revolution

LEXINGTON, Mass. (AP) — Charlie Price says he didn’t learn much about the American Revolution in school. He knew about George Washington, the Battle of Bunker Hill, and that the patriots won, but it wasn’t until he joined the Lexington Minutemen — a group of Revolutionary War reenactors — that he realized there’s so much more to the story. The Lexington Minutemen are marking the anniversary of the Battle of Lexington in Massachusetts on Saturday…

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Stories of Black and Indigenous Patriots Come Into Focus as US Remembers the American Revolution Associated Press April 19, 2026 Read now