The Rise of the Merchant Prince, while remembered today primarily for his John Hancock on the Declaration of Independence, ...

At the Museum of the American Revolution in Philadelphia, a new exhibition has gathered together 17 historic flags that ...

From Paul Revere on his legendary midnight ride to George Washington being called to lead, a new 4-part series hosted by ...

From Paul Revere on his legendary midnight ride to George Washington being called to lead, a new 4-part series hosted by Kelsey Grammer is exploring the historic battles of Lexington and Concord. The ...

Fifth graders at Bickel Elementary were greeted by a man in a tricorner hat with a musket at the American Revolution ...

Image by Dean Moriarty from Pixabay. For more than two centuries, Oak Island, a small patch of land off the coast of Nova ...

Season 23 of American Idol is in full swing, and Filo is one of the contestants who’s managed to stand out week after week.

But no one knows who fired first, or why. And the revolt itself was initially less a revolution than a demand for better terms. Woody Holton, a professor of early American history at the University of ...

As the 250th anniversary of America’s independence approaches, the president is moving to put his stamp on how the nation’s ...

NPR's Scott Simon talks with author Rick Atkinson in Lexington, Mass., about the first book of his forthcoming trilogy about the American Revolution, "The British are Coming." ...

As Saturday marks 250th anniversary of Paul Revere's ride, an exhibit at UM's Clements Library sheds light on Revere, other ...