The story of the American Revolution as traditionally recounted is the saga of the thirteen colonies fighting their colonial ruler, Britain, for independence. But an equally compelling part of the ...

Legendary frontiersman Daniel Boone was among the first white explorers in Kentucky in the late 1760s. With his knowledge of ...

In celebration Constitution Week, a group of fifth graders at South Elementary performed the play “Unite or Die: How Thirteen ...

John Adams was born in the American colonies ... In response, 12 of the 13 colonies sent representatives to a Continental Congress in Philadelphia to draft a united response.

In September 1774, nearly two years before the Declaration of Independence, delegates from 12 of the 13 Colonies gathered in the First Continental Congress in Philadelphia. They quickly hammered out a ...

The Supreme Court is set to hear Garland v. VanDerStok, another case addressing the Biden-Harris administration’s regulatory ...

When Congress was attempting to ratify the Constitution in 1787, it created printed copies to send to the original 13 American colonies. One of these copies was found in a filing cabinet at a ...

American historian David Muzzey probably said it best in his A History of Our Country (1943) when he wrote, “The Declaration ...

Wayne Drumheller, native son of the Rockfish Valley, will discuss his newly published “Wayne’s Amazing Apple Recipe Book & ...

a. July 4, 1775 b. Christmas, 1782 c. July 4, 1776 d. Oct. 19, 1781 a. They hearken back to the British flag b. The 13 original colonies c. The blood shed in the American Revolution ...

The America250 Commission is planting its roots quite literally on Monday, Oct. 7 at Moraine State Park. The commission, an ...

In September 1774, nearly two years before the Declaration of Independence, delegates from 12 of the 13 Colonies gathered ... Smithsonian curator who studies American identity, I explore the ...