Washington, commissioned by Congress as commander in chief of all American armed forces in June 1775, saw an opportunity. He ...

Mad” King George III — the villain of “Hamilton,” “Schoolhouse Rock” and the Revolutionary War — has undergone a makeover in ...

Georgia's oldest city is welcoming a truckload of historical treasures from the earlier period of U.S. history.

Americans have long imagined that they set off a global age of revolt. Seen within the era’s wider wars of empire, the story looks rather different.

The "Women at the Edge of War" exhibit continues through May 30 at the Kings Mountain Historical Museum. "Their impact played ...

Visit the site of the Battle of Monmouth in New Jersey where George Washington fought and the Molly Pitcher legend began.

The episode comes as the nation prepares to celebrate the 250th anniversary of its founding, of which Morris County played a ...

The documentary filmmaker, long a chronicler of the American experience, talks about his latest film for PBS, "The American ...

The story of the American Revolution is often framed as a heroic win over the British government. Brave colonists persevered through horrors like the Boston Massacre to overcome the tyrannical King ...

In the Boalsburg Cemetery, more than 50 Civil War veterans are buried, but this veteran's gravesite is one of a kind ...

An estimated 6,800 Americans were killed in action, and 17,000 more combatants died from diseases like typhus, typhoid, dysentery, and influenza. The British suffered 24,000 casualties from the war, ...

PHOTOS PROVIDED The Gross Community Room was the site on May 19, for the Colonel Hugh White / Colonel John Chatham chapter of NSDAR Patriotic Tea honoring America 250. Members invited guests to share ...