Patriot or loyalist? Britain or America? The New Hampshire Historical Society’s newest exhibition, “If You Had to Choose: Patriots and Loyalists in Revolutionary New Hampshire,” presents the stories o ...

Jefferson wrote that Norfolk must be destroyed. Months later, Patriots burned much of the city themselves — and blamed the ...

Law is not the source of our rights, which come from our Creator. It is the means of government. It is far from infallible.

Beginning Jan. 1, 2026, the Palmetto State will start issuing new standard license plates to commemorate the 250th ...

BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) - On this day in history, a critical defensive stand occurred in the early months of the American ...

Jefferson saw independence as a fight for liberty — and for access to the western lands that promised power and profit.

I interviewed every president since Nixon. Our nation's identity and future have always been on a fierce and extraordinary ...

Burns’s 12-hour documentary about our national origin story is landing in the middle of a culture war. Yes, it’s complicated.

The American Revolution (1775–1783) was a historic struggle that led to the birth of the United States of America. It began ...

Blaming the British for the destruction helped persuade some wavering colonists to back the fight for independence. But the source of the inferno was not what it seemed A 1976 postcard features an ...

South Carolina State Fair visitors got the chance to sign a replica of the Declaration of Independence, nearly 250 years ...

Fulton County event planners are at a stage similar to the nation’s founders just after July 4, 1776: They’ve just declared ...