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The Revolution was one of the most important historical events of the past 2,000 years. It established the world’s most ...
The only reason Jefferson could call certain truths 'self-evident' is that he was living in a world shaped by Judeo-Christian ...
Parliament’s Stamp Act tax of the mid-1760s ignited the Anglo-American conflict. Yet, as historians broadly agree, it was ...
Burns and "The American Revolution" co-director David Schmidt walk in Colonial Williamsburg. Burns says he does not take his ...
The missions became the only UNESCO site in Texas 10 years ago and will be highlighted for America’s 250th birthday.
Indiana's 92 counties are named for individuals who played a role in the Revolutionary War, with some of the most well-known ...
Two-hundred-and-fifty years ago, on April 19, 1775, British troops faced off against colonial militias in the Massachusetts towns of Lexington and Concord, and exchanged fire - the "shot heard ...
An American silver coin from before the American Revolution that was recovered in an old cabinet in Amsterdam sold for $2.52 million at an auction, decimating the previous record. The threepence co… ...
“The Occupied City: New York and the American Revolution,” opening May 2026 and presented with the Gotham Center for New York City History, will relate — in about 200 maps, documents, art ...
Next year, America will celebrate its semiquincentennial, or its 250th anniversary, but the 250th anniversary of the start of the American Revolution is this year.
18 students were recently recognized at the annual awards celebration of the Eel River Valley chapter of Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR).
"The American Revolution" premieres Sunday, Nov. 16, at 8 p.m. Eastern time on PBS. The full series will be available to stream beginning that same day at PBS.org, on the PBS app, PBS Passport and ...