The following is an installment of “On This Day,” a series celebrating America’s 250th anniversary by following the actions of Gen. George Washington, the Continental Congress, and the men and women ...

Explore five standout historic estates across the United States that reveal the lives, legacies, and lifestyles of influential American figures.

With said event four months away, the pace has picked up on semiquincentennial observances. “1776: Declaring Independence” ...

Jacob Francis, a free Black man from Amwell Township, fought in the Revolutionary War and overcame racism to become a respected community member.

Talmage Boston “interviewed” George Washington and Thomas Jefferson at a Dallas event featuring historical interpreters.

The removal of a statue of one of Delaware’s signers of the Declaration of Independence — who was an enslaver — underscores ...

From historical trolley tours and dance parties to remembering the first women's medical college, here's ideas on how to celebrate Women’s History Month in Philly.

New York City area waterways gave British forces a strong position in key Westchester faceoffs against American troops in the Revolutionary War.

The documents, signed by George Washington, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin and other American revolutionary leaders, will be ...

A piece of yellow silk damask from Martha Washington's wedding dress will be on display at the Frazier History Museum in Louisville, Kentucky.

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One British general, after seeing the rebel army in the colonies, was overheard saying, "with a thousand British grenadiers, he would undertake to go from one end of America to the other, and geld all ...