Thousands of African Americans fought for the British—then fled the United States to avoid a return to enslavement.

"If President Donald J. Trump ever needs the January 6ers ever again, we are here. And we will not ever shrink from the ...

In honor of America's 250th birthday, the Harlan Institute will host a very special Virtual Supreme Court Competition for the October 2025 Term. We will re-enact the debates over independence in the ...

Blaming the British for the destruction helped persuade some wavering colonists to back the fight for independence. But the ...

The film, featuring a UVA professor, opens a three-day event that will bring people together to examine how America’s ...

Burns’s 12-hour documentary about our national origin story is landing in the middle of a culture war. Yes, it’s complicated.

Ken Burns joins David Frum to discuss how his new documentary captures both the triumphs and tragedies of the nation’s founding. Plus: Donald Trump’s TikTok giveaway and Benjamin Nathans’s To the ...

The Battle of Brandywine was an example of how the Revolutionary Way was a civil war. About 500 colonists fought at Brandywine on the side of the British as loyalists, firing at their neighbors and ...

A quarter of the incumbents will not seek re-election, as speculation swirls over Beijing’s plans to refresh the slate. Read ...

While many learned about the American Revolution as beginning in the Northeast, some may not know Florida's role in the ...

Filmmaker Ken Burns, in his latest documentary series, tackles what he calls ‘the most important event in the history of the ...

After conservative influencer Nick Sortor was arrested outside an ICE facility in Portland, Donald Trump latched on to ...