Outraged by the Intolerable Acts, the Colonies decided to meet in Philadelphia on September 5, 1774, for the first ...
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 ...
Description: Battle sites from the Revolutionary War extend across the original thirteen colonies—from Maine to Georgia, from Appalachia to the Atlantic shore. In his series For the Revolution, Keith ...
Benjamin Franklin ranks among the most popular of the Founding Fathers, and for good reason: He was a larger-than-life scientist, inventor, diplomat, and above all, cunning politician and staunch ...
Long before the Declaration of Independence was signed, tensions between the colonies and Great Britain were already boiling over. Events like the Boston Tea Party, the Boston Massacre and the battles ...
The celebration of Christmas as we know it today stems from the traditions of several different cultures. 3:04m watch English settlers who traveled to the New World brought the debate over Christmas ...
The nascent country adopted its name 250 years ago, on September 9, 1776. Americans have debated the moniker ever since. One congressman even proposed the “United States of the Earth” America's 250th ...