In the struggle for American independence, conventional battles were the exception. Chaotic, small-scale violence was ...

Created 1776, The United States Declaration of Independence is the pronouncement adopted by the Second Continental Congress meeting in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on July 4, 1776. The Declaration ...

While we’ve said goodbye to both the year 2025 and the penny, five new United States quarters will be finding their way into ...

The American Revolution wasn't won without a little help. While the contributions of France are well-known thanks to Benjamin Franklin's extensive diplomacy there (and Daveed Diggs' swaggering turn as ...

He was barely 15 when the young fifer-soldier spent that unforgettable winter of 1777-78 with the ragged Continental army in its winter quarters near the little Pennsylvania village of Valley Forge.

This wonderful HBO miniseries stars Paul Giamatti and Laura Linney as John and Abigail Adams, the power couple of the ...

Author who researched Washington through letters and diaries says cultural ignorance of founding era is scandalous and scary.

We tend to think we know a lot about the Revolutionary War since we learned “the greatest hits” in school—the Boston Tea Party, Paul Revere’s famous ride, Washington’s crossing of the Delaware. It’s ...

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WRBL) — Revolutionary War soldier, Samuel Cooper, was honored by community members and the boy scouts in Columbus in light of Independence Day. Cooper Creek and Cooper Creek Park both ...