Many may not realize that during the Revolutionary War, a pre-Halloween storm helped the Continental Army escape British ...

In response to surcharges on imports such as glass, paint, and tea, the colonists refused to buy these products.

Get full access to The Daily Beast for $1 The historical documentary master is at the top of his game in this thrillingly timely history lesson about democracy. The Metropolitan Museum of Art The ...

Benjamin Rush, a physician and signer of the Declaration of Independence, eventually threw his notes and documents for a ...

The Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) expanded its annual DAR Day of Service to a full Month of Service this year to mark the 250th anniversary of the United States as well as 25 years since ...

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Throughout US history, social movements—from reformist to radical—have returned to the language and ideals of 1776. Freedom struggle: Frederick Douglass petitions Abraham Lincoln to allow Black ...

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Documentary maker Ken Burns doesn’t think today’s polarized politics are anything new, especially for a country that, as he sees it, already had two civil wars — the American Revolution of 1776 and ...