South Carolina originally sent five delegates to the Second Continental Congress but only one, Edward Rutledge, remained to ...

Adams, Jefferson and other Founding Fathers enjoyed wild game and seasonal produce in Philadelphia's taverns during the ...

William Thompson, a man rarely if ever mentioned in American history books, became the first commissioned colonel in the ...

On July 4, 1776, the Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence, proclaiming U.S. independence from Britain ...

William Thompson, a man rarely if ever mentioned in American history books, became the first commissioned colonel in ...

Independence National Historical Park hosts some of the nation’s preeminent places of history. But what was the area like ...

He concluded, he later wrote, that the troops were “ exceeding dirty & nasty people ” led by indifferent officers with an “ ...

Millions of protesters have denounced President Donald Trump as a would-be autocrat and marched under the banner "No Kings." ...

Jefferson, who has been called “the apostle of liberty,” delivered some of the most impassioned criticisms of slavery in the ...

On July 4, 1776, the Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence, proclaiming U.S. independence from Britain.

July 4, also known as Independence Day, marks the day the Declaration of Independence was adopted and the 13 North American colonies officially separated from Great Britain. As the Fourth of July ...