America is nearing the 250th anniversary of its revolutionary birth, the Declaration of Independence. July 4, 2026, will mark ...

An original letter written byThomas Jefferson sold for the $90,000 asking price and will return to Maryland, the state where ...

America was not the only nation at war with Great Britain during at this time. France, Spain and the Netherlands were also at ...

Indiana's 92 counties are named for individuals who played a role in the Revolutionary War, with some of the most well-known ...

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

The city founded by William Penn not only had facilities—the State House (later Independence Hall) and Carpenters’ Hall—large ...

A French Revolutionary War hero returns to New Hampshire and Vermont this weekend, 200 years after his first visit.

Could New Invention Clean Up Cargo Fleets? (Maria) The author writes, “In industrial park alongside the River Lea in the ...

You couldn’t make “Hamilton” today. Half the audience would want to cancel its protagonist, Alexander Hamilton, for being a slave owner and an adulterer. The other half would accuse it of being “woke” ...

To go with these historic sites, the state also boasts living history museums like Colonial Williamsburg and the Frontier Culture Museum, where costumed interpreters bring history to life.The land of ...

Earning George Washington’s confidence, Lafayette attained the rank of major general in the Continental Army. Lafayette’s enrollment in the U.S. military predated the 1778 alliance between his home ...