This is the 250th anniversary of the start of the American Revolution. The celebrations have begun, notably the Boston Tea ...

On July 11, 1780, a French army of 5,300 men and 450 officers under the command of the comte de Rochambeau landed in Newport.

On March 5, 1770, British soldiers fired into a crowd of Boston colonists near the Custom House on King Street. Five ...

According to research done by the U.S. Army War College, William Thompson's commission as the colonel of the Pennsylvania ...

As the U.S. prepares to celebrate its 250th anniversary, Ken Burns is releasing a deep look into the fight for American independence.

The men and women who risked their lives, families, homes and jobs to fight for independence were honored at an America 249th ...

As we celebrate our nation’s independence, many may be surprised to learn that a Revolutionary War battle took place in ...

As Arlington commemorates the 250th anniversary of the start of the American Revolution, Kurt Russell and his son are ...

Discover the important facts about the American Revolution, including key American Revolutionary War events from 1775 to 1783, to deepen your understanding of American history.

In many ways, The American Revolution seems like the obvious counterpart to his international breakout success, The Civil War.

That American Revolution/Civil War link is particularly true in York County, which sits on the Mason-Dixon Line, close to military movements, supply lines and bloody battlefields.

It’s part of the promise of the New World, that the Western Hemisphere would be, as the American revolutionary Thomas Paine said of the United States, an “asylum” for humanity.