Long before the famous Underground Railroad, those seeking freedom from slavery traveled on foot, by boat and under cover of darkness to Fort Mose in Spanish-controlled Florida ...

The author says Rhode Island's direct military role in the American Revolution was limited, but its unique history of ...

Learn about how British mercantilism fueled economic imbalance, slavery, and revolution in the American colonies, leading to the rise of free trade and the end of mercantilism.

Yellowed by time and brown around the edges, the four- by-seven-inch booklet titled “Regulation for the Order and Discipline of the Troops of the United States” helped transform the Continental Army ...

Apalachin Public Library is marking the 250th anniversary of America’s founding with a reading challenge that guides ...

Union County Museum in Cobden reopens March 7 with a new map exhibit on North America’s development and a John A. Logan display on his life, death and funeral, on view through early summer.

The original printing is just one of 26 known remaining copies, and one of three located west of the Appalachian Mountains.

In fact, one of the state's oldest museums is even older than the country itself, with the Redwood Library and Athenaeum ...

Georgia Day marks the 1733 founding of the last of the original 13 British colonies. In the American Revolutionary War, Georgia also was late to secure independence.

President Donald Trump’s repeated criticisms of U.S. allies tap into a longstanding vein of doubt in American political thinking about the value of alliances. President George Washington famously ...

Nearly 250 years ago, the signing of the Declaration of Independence involved numerous hands at work. Today, the same is necessary to celebrate and commemorate our beginning. American artist and ...