In a mere two months, soldiers learned how to load and fire a musket quicker and more efficiently, and were introduced to the bayonet, allowing them to engage more successfully when in close combat ...

Albany is once again wading into controversy over new educational topics. This time, it's about the American Revolution.

How the most divided period in the history of U.S. democracy – the mid-1800s – coincided with a sudden boom in new ...

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