Charlie Price says he didn’t learn much about the American Revolution in school. He knew about George Washington, the Battle ...

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The American Revolution was fought by a diverse group of people, many from the lower rungs of society. Despite its founding ideals, the United States was deeply divided from its start by issues like ...

Last July, the United States Postal Service (USPS) started a yearlong celebration to honor 250 years of serving the American ...

The First Salute” pulls artifacts from Sint Estatius to tell the “hidden” story of the colonies’ crucial island allies.

Documentary maker Ken Burns doesn’t think today’s polarized politics are anything new, especially for a country that, as he sees it, already had two civil wars — the American Revolution of 1776 and ...

An unemployed Prussian drillmaster named Baron von Steuben clutches his (largely fabricated) letters of recommendation as he awaits a job interview in Pennsylvania. Molly Brant, a Haudenosaunee ...

"From a small spark kindled in America, a flame has arisen. Not to be extinguished." Cultural historian and filmmaker Ken Burns has delighted audiences with in-depth documentaries about American life.

A new book by historian Emily Sneff records the journeys of the Declaration's first printed copies, tracking their reception ...

The Monmouth Civic Chorus performance will feature a world premiere and works uplifting American words and stories.

The American Revolution profoundly destabilized Native American societies in East Tennessee, particularly the Cherokee nation ...

An Ulster connection to the American Declaration of Independence has been commemorated in a new stamp. John Dunlap, who was born in Strabane, County Tyrone, in 1747, printed the first broadside copies ...