On July 4, 1776, the Continental Congress formally adopted the Declaration of Independence, primarily authored by Thomas ...

Posey served in various military roles throughout the Revolution. The Indiana Historical Society has his original enlistment ...

A national park site in downtown Philadelphia preserves epic tales of war and freedom in just 0.02 acres of space. Explore ...

Thomas Jefferson listened in anguish as the other members of the Continental Congress edited his draft of the Declaration of ...

They died on the same day: The Fourth of July, 1826 – 50 years to the day after the Declaration. Historians say that Adams’ final words were: “Thomas Jefferson survives,” as if consoling himself with ...

The American Revolution went hand-in-hand with an economic revolution that transformed human political and social, as well as commercial life, and continues to unfold.

ZANESVILLE – Isaac Van Horne Sr. is just one of 194 Revolutionary War soldiers buried in Muskingum County and eight believed to be within Woodlawn Cemetery. His grave, marked with an American flag and ...

We celebrate the Declaration of Independence as the “opening act” for a series of “main events” that laid the foundation of ...

Yet, higher education has shaped the American experiment from the beginning. Enlightenment ideas studied in 18th-century ...

Lot 62 is a sepia-colored carte de visite of Lincoln, boldly signed by him as “A. Lincoln” and PSA/DNA slabbed and graded ...

This story accompanies the article about Lafayette200 events, "Marquis de Lafayette toured Lancaster 200 years ago." ...

A Revolutionary War-era boat is being painstakingly rebuilt after centuries buried beneath Manhattan. 'Gas station heroin' is technically illegal and widely available. Here are the facts.