William Thompson deserves plaudits as one of many whose early service led to the signing of the Declaration of Independence ...

The Riverside-based artist has designed a delightfully detailed sheet of 20 Forever stamps, in honor of the Postal Service’s ...

War, even the American Revolution, is the health of the state because it is almost impossible to avoid fighting a war on ...

Independence Day has again brought to top of mind the first tier of our nation’s leaders, namely George Washington, Ben ...

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

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

The festival includes Revolutionary-era military encampments, musters, and re-enactments, as well as demonstrations of ...

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

Janet Livingston married Richard Montgomery on July 24, 1773. She never remarried after his death during his campaign to Canada in winter 1775. She never let anyone forget “my general” or “my soldier, ...

A large crowd gathered at Washington's Headquarters at Morristown National Historical Park on Friday, July 4, to hear the ...

Will the Republicans retain control of the Senate after Election Day in November? Or will Democrats wrestle it away from them and run both chambers on Capitol Hill? It’s way too early to say ...

In early July 1774, a pivotal meeting in Charleston laid crucial groundwork for South Carolina's eventual declaration of independence from Great Britain. This " ...