The National Park Service removed from the President’s House in Philadelphia acknowledgements of the people George Washington ...

The Founders worried that the U.S. could be undermined by a powerful standing army. Civilians needed to be in control.

As the country observes the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, Judy Woodruff is starting a new chapter of America at a Crossroads. She’ll explore what it means to be an American, ...

MANCHESTER — Green Mountain Academy for Lifelong Learning welcomes Bard College Professor Joseph Luzzi to guide us through a ...

New evidence helps resolve enduring mysteries about a 1758 incident that nearly cost the future president his life—and shaped his views on the battles yet to come As a 26-year-old colonel, Washington ...

Revolutionary war cannons, militia men and animals will all be present in Sturbridge and Worcester this weekend for the two ...

Charleston, Columbia and Greenville, SC, honored the life of Black poet Phillis Wheatley on Jan. 30 with a commemorative USPS stamp and a day in her honor.

Most Americans might not think of New York State first in context of the American Revolution and independence – Boston, ...

George Cabot Lodge, the scion of one of America’s most enduring political dynasties, stepped into the arena against a Kennedy in 1962, marking the final chapter in a familial rivalry that had defined ...

The White House is afraid to admit the contradiction at the heart of our history: a nation that dedicated itself to human liberty also enslaved African Americans.

Thomas Paine’s “Common Sense”, published 250 years ago, ignited the drive for American independence. That was hardly the end of the radical founder’s strange and winding story.

Words have power. Sometimes they whisper.Sometimes they roar. And every once in a while, they shake the foundations of society so hard that nothing stays the same. These aren't just bestsellers or ...