It was the events on April 19, 1775, celebrated annually as Patriot's Day in Massachusetts, that gave the colonists their first victory against the Crown, and after that there was no turning back: the ...

The Bush declaration was signed March 22, 1775 when 34 elected Harford County citizens gathered in a small tavern to show ...

Worries include the loss of Canadian visitors and the impact anti-immigration efforts will have on the work force.

America celebrates its 250th anniversary as a nation on July 4, 2026, the date the Declaration of Independence was signed.

If you want to immerse yourself in history as well as nature, Massachusetts also has plenty of historical parks, with the state's first park dating back to over 100 years before the country was formed ...

All over the country, cities and towns are going all out for next year’s semiquincentennial party. Here are our 9 picks for ...

Re: “ California should standardize, mandate Holocaust education ” (Page A6, March 13). In her March 13 op-ed, Aya Shechter ...

As tensions grew between American colonists and the British crown, the strategic importance of the largest, wealthiest colony ...

Saturday, May 24, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., open house on the 250th anniversary of the Battle of Chelsea Creek. Saturday, June 12, 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., open house. Saturday, June 21, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., ...

1687 – French explorer La Salle was murdered by his own men while searching for the mouth of the Mississippi River, in the ...

April marks 250 years since the battles of Lexington and Concord, and leading up to that anniversary, those communities are ...