From the beginning of the American experiment, one of its animating principles has been limited government overseen by ...

In 1775, an unsung hero of the Revolutionary War, Western Pennsylvania's Colonel William Thompson, helped drive back the ...

The second volume of the historian’s account of the American Revolution is told with tremendous verve and detail.

The celebration of the Declaration of Independence's semiquincentennial is a chance to broaden the historical narrative to ...

How have our shared visions of American ideals influenced the meaning of patriotism? How has this definition evolved over ...

The Soldier and the Revolutionary War” opened June 7 on the Army’s 250th birthday. It has artifacts never before displayed ...

A rare broadside of the "Declaration of Independence, July 1776, on view at Seth Kaller Inc., Historic Documents & Legacy ...

American history is more polarizing than ever. But the country’s leading storyteller wants to prove there’s still an appetite ...

Sitting on the reference stacks at the Charlie Clark Center for Local History at Arlington Central Library are five thick, blue, nearly 50-year-old bound editions. They are the archives of the ...

In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, July Fourth week is a time for 250th anniversary events, the ...

She oversaw fashion coverage beginning in 1957, when hemlines made headlines. She later made groundbreaking ads for Henri ...

Illinois” describes a state and a nation in motion, full of complicated human beings who do bad things and good things.