The first true commander-in-chief of the armed forces to lead the Revolutionary War was not, as many believe, George ...

Over the weekend, in the wake of U.S. military strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities, the Editorial Board tried to sort out ...

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

George Washington confronted a smallpox epidemic with a belief in science—and a controversial plan. ... In 1775, smallpox arrived in Boston, carried by troops sent from Britain, ...

Christy Emmanuel can trace one family line to 1234. Those who followed are tied to U.S. history and now chronicled in a ...

The American Revolution was not decided at Bunker Hill. But in that spring of 1775 the rebels proved they had the drive to gain their independence.

Military victories were essential in helping America win its independence from Britain. Early successes gave the Patriots ...

More than a century after it first arrived in London, a statue of George Washington is once again standing tall, newly ...