General George Washington rode into Cambridge, Massachusetts, to lead an army of 16,000. These men, Washington announced, ...

A team of students from Syracuse University recently uncovered a treasure trove of 18th-century artifacts at the Crown Point ...

On July 4, 1777, the Sons of Liberty set fireworks off over Boston Common. In Philadelphia the Pennsylvania Evening Post wrote “at night there was a grand exhibition of fireworks (which began and ...

The geographies of upward mobility show U.S. regions that emphasize investments in the common good over economic libertarianism do better ...

The 13 British colonies that would become the first of the United States — Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Maryland, ...

Being a Virginian made Washington a symbol of the Continental Congress’s effort to show that beleaguered Boston was not alone ...

So Parliament took a new approach. It passed laws—the Sugar Act and Stamp Act— to raise revenue directly, bypassing the ...

The celebration of the Declaration of Independence's semiquincentennial is a chance to broaden the historical narrative to ...

This restaurant inside the Minneapolis American Indian Center is about more than bison tacos and wild rice cakes with ...

A trail leading from near St. Louis, Missouri to Natchitoches, Louisiana, teaches us about a race that ruled “the new world” ...

As 2026 ushers in the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution, there’s no better time to explore the revolutionary towns ...

Microsoft Flight Simulator’s latest free update, City Update 11, brings a significant expansion focused on the US Northeast. This update adds four states—Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, and Rhode ...