The following is an installment of “On This Day,” a series celebrating America’s 250th anniversary by following the actions ...

Maybe Harrisburg’s connections to the Revolutionary War aren’t obvious. No battles raged here. No signers of the Declaration of Independence hailed from here. No one tossed tea into the Susquehanna.

The National Park Service and US National Archives and Records Administration are calling on Americans to help reveal the untold stories of the United States’ first veterans to commemorate the ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X It’s not uncommon for visitors to Charleston to revel in one history when it really might be ...

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WRBL) — Revolutionary War soldier, Samuel Cooper, was honored by community members and the boy scouts in Columbus in light of Independence Day. Cooper Creek and Cooper Creek Park both ...

Ken Burns has produced a documentary about the Revolutionary War that sets a new standard for historical documentaries. This has been said of Burns before, at least since “The Civil War” premiered in ...

Ken Burns on America's origin story: "The most important event since the birth of Christ" The documentary filmmaker, long a chronicler of the American experience, talks about his latest film for PBS, ...

South Carolina’s new license plate claiming the Revolutionary War was won here is fueling debate and history lessons. Here’s why the state stands by claim.

When thinking about the American Revolutionary War, most may jump to the Battles of Saratoga, Bunker Hill, or Trenton. Yet New York City was an incredibly important city during the war, the site of ...