On February 4, 1776, British General Henry Clinton, who departed Boston a few days prior, lands in New York. American Major General Charles Lee has spent the last days heading to the city to bolster ...
A fleet of trucks are traveling the country in honor of America's 250th anniversary.
A fleet of trucks are traveling the country in honor of America's 250th anniversary.
The letter from Cork-born Stephen Moylan during the American War of Independence is the earliest known document to refer to ...
This story first appeared in PA Local, a weekly newsletter by Spotlight PA taking a fresh, positive look at the incredible ...
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American biographer Walter Isaacson explores the origins of the most revolutionary sentence in the Declaration of ...
Massachusetts gets much of the historical glory. But Rhode Island became a center of resistance, providing brave soldiers, and offering a safe harbor.
Walk into any bookshop today and you’ll be surprised by the number of books about trees. Publishers tell us too that anything about trees will sell its socks off. It make sense – especially in a city ...
See what the Dutchess County's historical societies have in store to celebrate America's 250th anniversary in 2026.
David Mead is justifiably remembered as the founder of Meadville, where he arrived on May 12, 1788 with a band of nine other pioneers, according to a history of Crawford County published in 1885. As ...
Lucy Worsley Investigates: The American Revolution will premiere Tuesday, April 7 and 14, 2026, at 9:00 p.m. ET on PBS.