While John Adams called for a declaration of independence in the Continental Congress, a down-on-his-luck Englishman named Thomas Paine sounded the clarion call for revolution in January 1776 with ...

John Adams, for what it's worth, reportedly turned down invitation to July 4 events as he still believed it should be celebrated on July 2, according to The History Channel. He died on July 4, 1926.

To celebrate the country's 250th anniversary, an Ohio group is working to put all of the state's Revolutionary War veteran graves in one public database.

Tom Hanks' forgotten historical drama series, starring Paul Giamatti as one of America's founding fathers, is making a ...

As John Adams wrote to his beloved Abigail during the darkest days of the Revolutionary War, “… through all the Gloom I can see the Rays of ravishing Light and Glory.” ...

Abigail Adams was the wife of Founding Father and second president John Adams. She famously asked him to “remember the ladies ...

The Fourth of July has been celebrated across the nation since 1776. But when — and how — did Americans across the country ...

As Arlington commemorates the 250th anniversary of the start of the American Revolution, Kurt Russell and his son are ...

John and Abigail Adams’s letters provide an extraordinary window on the revolt brewing 250 years ago. ... If Britain won the war, their letters were unlikely ever to be seen anyway.

One of America’s greatest love stories can be understood through more than 1,000 eloquent letters that were sent between John and Abigail Adams – foundational figures in our nation’s early ...