Patrick Henry introduced three resolutions to the Second Virginia Convention when he delivered his famous “Liberty or Death” ...

A teenager in Lexington, Mass., has for years been teaching people about the battle that started the war 250 years ago this ...

As the 250th anniversary of America’s independence approaches, the president is moving to put his stamp on how the nation’s ...

FILE - Acton Minutemen and British soldiers fire a ceremonial volley from the North Bridge, after the re-enactment of the ...

The American semiquincentennial begins now, marking the 250th anniversary of this country’s founding. Like the bicentennial ...

Smithsonian writer Andrew Lawler about these lesser-known histories.A transcript is below. To subscribe to “There’s More to That,” and to listen to past episodes about a baseball field resurrected in ...

The BBC's Katty Kay speaks with Pulitzer Prize-winning author and historian Rick Atkinson as America marks 250 years since ...

The first military submarine was designed to sabotage enemy shipping, and underwater designs for the next century.

Jeff Ficek returns to The Dickinson Press with the second installment of “The Spirit of ’76,” a three-part series on ...