As the United States prepares to celebrate its 250th birthday, those who portray the soldiers that fought for — and against — ...

The 1836 clash lasted about 18 minutes, but its outcome changed Texas history and is still honored statewide today.

Tens of thousands of people gathered in Lexington and Concord, Massachusetts, on April 19 to participate in the ceremonies marking the 250th anniversary of the battles coined the 'shot heard round the ...

MACHIAS, Maine (WABI) -In April 1775, shots fired at Lexington and Concord echoed. News of the fighting made its way to the remote settlement of Machias, in what is now Washington County, Maine.

One local chef/historian's research into what prompted America's success in their eight-year War of Independence disclosed how the low-point, turning point and much of the bloodshed occurred on South ...

LEXINGTON, Mass. (AP) — Tens of thousands of people came to Lexington, Massachusetts, just before dawn on Saturday to witness a reenactment of how the American Revolution began 250 years ago, with the ...

On December 26, 1776, the full might of General George Washington’s Continental Army was revealed along the frozen riverbanks of Pennsylvania when the Patriots triumphed at the Battle of Trenton—one ...

Thomas Paine’s “Common Sense” may have persuaded the American colonists of the need for independence, but it is one thing to favor independence and quite another to pick up arms to obtain it. We tend ...

Thomas Paine’s “Common Sense” may have persuaded the American colonists of the need for independence, but it is one thing to favor independence and quite another to pick up arms to obtain it. We tend ...