When George Washington, from Virginia, arrived in Cambridge 250 years ago, one of the first things he did was talk to his ...

Contrast that with the “big, beautiful” spending bill being steered through Congress by today’s career politicians, who ...

He concluded, he later wrote, that the troops were “ exceeding dirty & nasty people ” led by indifferent officers with an “ ...

It’s incorrect to say that simply because people belonged to the same church, they agreed with one another, writes.

Unquestionably it was a foundational document for America, calling for unity against Great Britain in the struggle for ...

Thousands of merchants and other businessmen from Massachusetts down to Georgia were quite wary of what belligerence to England might do to their livelihoods – and thus as of early the following year, ...

The Soldier and the Revolutionary War” opened June 7 on the Army’s 250th birthday. It has artifacts never before displayed ...

In July 1775, General George Washington rode into Cambridge, Massachusetts, to lead an army of 16,000. These men, Washington announced, were “all the Troops of the several Colonies ...

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

From live battle reenactments to walking in the footsteps of troops and visiting historical markers, these destinations offer ...

The Declaration of Independence condemns King George III for having “burnt our towns.” But the British were not to blame for ...