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

A statue of the first U.S. president stands prominently in London’s Trafalgar Square, but some Britons find it strange to ...

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

Americans celebrate the emancipation of 250,000 slaves in Texas, while July 4th is a celebration of American independence, ...

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

Documentarian Ken Burns and his team discuss their new series exploring the country’s founding and war for independence on ...

How a public health crisis nearly derailed the American Revolution. George Washington confronted a smallpox epidemic with a belief in science—and a controversial plan.

Today, we mark three days in June 1775 that helped the American Revolution. At the beginning of the American Revolution, ...

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

The commander-in-chief initially barred black soldiers from joining the ranks, but he came to understand the value—both moral ...

Members of the Galvez Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, and the Attakapas Chapter, Sons of the American ...