Learn about the major world events and happenings, birthdays, and deaths that took place on July 14. Check what happened ...

French troops under General Rochambeau arrived in Newport, R.I. — 245 years ago — marking a turning point in the American ...

France is not the only Western country to insist on the separation of church and state - but it does so more militantly than any other. Secularism is the closest thing the French have to a state ...

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

Julia Child famously brought classic French cooking into American kitchens and helped lead a culinary revolution still being ...

Books About the American Revolution Last updated: July 9, 2025 by Regan McMahon The American colonial period and the Revolutionary War for independence from Britain are rich subjects for kids. From ...

The American vision has a high degree of tolerance for inequality and a robust commitment to individual liberty, because in the American revolutionary tradition, the pursuit of happiness is an ...

Follow this simple three-word French dictum to avoid my agonising fate It sounded so simple when first I heard the phrase!

People smugglers in France are changing their tactics in response to French police cracking down on migrants' attempts to cross the English Channel.

Valkyries’ win over Storm showcases next wave in WNBA’s French revolution Carla Leite of Golden State got her first WNBA start while Seattle’s Dominique Malonga, the former No. 2 overall ...