But out of it all survived the folk of New England, the folk that are the backbone of the American Nation. The story of these thirteen colonies is a good tonic and a good corrective.

According to the National Park Service, fireworks on the National Mall are set to begin at 9 p.m. local time on July 4. The ...

Saturday marks the 250th anniversary of the beginning of the American Revolutionary War with the "shot heard 'round the world" on Lexington Green in Massachusetts on April 19, 1775.

NEW YORK (AP) — A New York City museum is opening an exhibit of rarely displayed maps that provide a blueprint of the transformation of the original 13 colonies into the United States of America.

The 13 original colonies of the United States were the foundation of what would become a new nation, born from a blend of ambition, conflict and compromise. These colonies stretched along the Atlantic ...

One Utah man has spent the past 50 years collecting different versions of the American flag. They are now on display at Elite ...

In the fall of 1774, 56 men from 12 of the 13 American colonies met in Philadelphia in the First Continental Congress. It included John Adams and his cousin Samuel, Patrick Henry, John Jay and ...

The 13 original colonies of the United States were the foundation of what would become a new nation, born from a blend of ambition, conflict and compromise. These colonies stretched along the ...

NEW YORK (AP) — A New York City museum is opening an exhibit of rarely displayed maps that provide a blueprint of the transformation of the original 13 colonies into the United States of America ...