Referred to the first rock star, the Marquis de Lafayette's visit to North Jersey in 1825 caused quite a stir. 'Lafayette' will return this weekend.

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

French prosecutors said on Wednesday they were seeking the trial of six people by a special terrorism court over an attack on a Jewish restaurant in Paris 43 years ago in which six people were killed ...

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

France's northern coast has long been fortified against invasion, with Nazi bunkers in World War II and pre-French Revolution ...

The Declaration of Independence is a revolutionary document that transformed governance from monarchy to democracy and ...

I don’t celebrate the Fourth of July. Celebrating the Revolution is like celebrating the First World War — needless butchery.

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

Those who attended the 300th birthday party for the comte de Rochambeau celebrated his partnership with Washington, and the civil way they made decisions.

Appendix: Indian and French war rolls, 1712-1755. Revolutionary war rolls, 1775-1783. Diary of Abraham Fitts, 1777 -- v. 4. pt. 1. Revolutionary war rolls and documents, 1774-1782. pt. 2. Transcripts ...

America was not the only nation at war with Great Britain during at this time. France, Spain and the Netherlands were also at ...

Parliament’s Stamp Act tax of the mid-1760s ignited the Anglo-American conflict. Yet, as historians broadly agree, it was ...