On July 4th 250 years ago in Philadelphia, the United States declared independence with ink on paper. Six days earlier on Sullivan’s Island, South Carolinians had declared independence in their own ...

The demand for Ken Burns was so great that one venue wasn’t enough. The acclaimed filmmaker’s sold-out appearance at Spoleto ...

Decades before the United States, France outlawed slavery during the French Revolution – only to see it reimposed by Napoleon ...

It’s where the British perfected their system of enslaved labor, George Washington visited and colonialism’s legacy can still ...

As one of the original 13 colonies, New York state is home to many historic sites of the American Revolution, including Crown ...

IN THIS MORNING'S THIS IS OUR HOME, NBC5'S ERICKA LOVE STOPPED IN CROWN POINT, WHERE THE PENINSULA SERVED THE FRENCH AND THE ...

In “Freedom Round the Globe,” Sarah M.S. Pearsall tracks the stirrings of liberty beyond the British colonies that became the ...

What makes "Freedom Round the Globe" especially valuable right now is that it resists two temptations simultaneously: patriotic simplification and fashionable cynicism.

Known as the semiquincentennial, the celebration includes fireworks, walking tours, block parties and a slew of Liberty Bell replicas to honor the city's past. But the Philadelphia of 1776 was much ...

In this week’s Elie v. US, our justice correspondent dissects Ken Burns's American Revolution documentary. Plus: the DNC’s ...

Albany County legislator Jeff Perlee, who chairs the county’s USA - 250 Commission, delivered this speech on May17 in Orsini Park at the close of Altamont’s Memorial Day Parade. It is certainly ...

Without Spanish support, the bid for Independence might have failed, Felipe Fernández-Armesto says, and deep Latin ties ...