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 ...

The first true commander-in-chief of the armed forces to lead the Revolutionary War was not, as many believe, George ...

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

George Washington, despite initial doubts about his abilities, successfully led the American army to victory against the British. Washington's strategic avoidance of direct confrontation with the ...

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 ...

Documentarian Ken Burns and his team discuss their new series exploring the country’s founding and war for independence on this 250th anniversary.

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 ...