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 ...

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 ...

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

The U.S. gained independence from Great Britain on July 4, 1776. Learn about the Declaration of Independence, the American ...

We are independent of London, but are we independent of Washington? Does government today remotely resemble the values articulated on July 4, 1776?

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

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.

This is the fifth in a series of articles about Marshalltown street names. Today’s article identifies the five city streets ...

In July 4, 1777 the Sons of Liberty set fireworks off over Boston Common and in Philadelphia the Pennsylvania Evening Post wrote “at night there was a grand exhibition of fireworks (which began and ...

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