Historians have debated whether the New Jersey-born wife of a British general was the one who leaked his orders and set the ...

The American semiquincentennial begins now, marking the 250th anniversary of this country’s founding. Like the bicentennial ...

LIZ Truss has given advice to Reform UK on how to win in the upcoming local elections in England and defeat the "establishment blob" ...

NEW HAMPSHIRE was the first American colony to enact a constitution of its own, formally replacing British rule on Jan. 5, 1776.

Two hundred and fifty years ago, on April 19, 1775, the “shot heard ‘round the world” was fired in the historic confrontation between British soldiers and Lexington farmers, setting off ...

Columnist Candy Moulton writes, “July 4, 1776, marks the signing of the Declaration of Independence and America is preparing ...

When British troops went to seize arms stockpiled by American colonists at Concord, Massachusetts, they could have had little ...

After independence from Britain in 1776, the United States faced an urgent diplomatic challenge, which was gaining ...

The signing of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776, gave the United States its official birthday, but that ...

ShareAt the beginning of this essay, we adverted to the unfortunate condition of a victim of oppression and exploitation loving his condition and not minding if that situation continues. This has been ...

Deborah Sampson was the first woman to ever enlist in the United States military. She did it by pretending to be a man.

Inside the steeple of Old North Church and among the Southern Colonies, less familiar stories of the events from 250 years ...