George Washington patented 10,900 acres along the Kanawha River in what is now Mason County, West Virginia. What started off ...

George Washington patented 10,900 acres along the Kanawha River in what is now Mason County, West Virginia. What started off ...

Playwright Robert Blecker's upcoming play "Father Anonymous" tells the story of forgotten founder Joseph Warren.

Delivered 250 years ago, the famous oration marked the height of Henry's influence. But the politician also served in key ...

Ted Widmer, a consulting editor for this special issue of Globe Ideas, is the author of “Lincoln on the Verge: Thirteen Days ...

Was 1775 really the main pivot point in the fight for independence? 1760? 1607? The Founders themselves weren’t sure.

One if by land and two if by sea”? We know two lanterns were placed in the belfry of of Boston’s Old North Church to signal ...

In a full-battalion-to-remind-you-of-my-love kind of missive, George Washington informed the Canadians that Benedict Arnold ...

Tour starts where the first shot rang out in the Lexington Battle Green, to Philadelphia, the “birthplace of America,” and ...

But Henry later spoke in support of the founding document at George Washington's urging in 1799, the year Henry died. “He says, ‘Look, I voted against the Constitution, but we the people voted for it.

On 14 June 1775, Congress passed an act creating a ... The next day, the representatives appointed George Washington as Commander in Chief and directed all Patriot efforts to support the ...