The Revolutionary War began 250 years ago this year, but it would not be until over six years later, for all intents and purposes, that it came to an end with a victory over the British at Yorktown, ...

The American Revolution (1775–1783) was a historic struggle that led to the birth of the United States of America. It began ...

A replica of Benjamin West's Reception of the American Loyalists by Great Britain in the Year 1783 appears in the background of this 1812 portrait of English judge John Eardley Wilmot. Public domain ...

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An epic naval battle off the East Yorkshire coast that sparked the birth of the US Navy will be celebrated later, more than ...

Historic Yorktown and the American Revolution Museum at Yorktown will host events on October 18 and 19 to celebrate the American victory against the British during the Revolutionary War, featuring an ...

Washington probably did stand while crossing Delaware, but not in a rowboat. Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze's 1851 painting Washington Crossing the Delaware during a Press Preview for the Metropolitan Museum ...

That manner of activation of a still image, now widely known as the Ken Burns Effect (thanks partly to Apple iMovie, where it ...

Each Memorial Day, Americans honor the service members who gave their lives for their country. From the nation's founding to its modern military operations overseas, hundreds of thousands of U.S.