This Fourth of July was unlike any other. On July 4, 2026, the United States turned 250 years old — a milestone historians call the semiquincentennial, and one the country marked with the largest ...

America’s struggle for independence from Britain was supported by some highly influential thinkers in 18th-century Britain.

Before the American Revolution, the Cherokee peoples had a trading relationship with the British, and ended up fighting on their side during the war that gained independence for ...

We’re just a few weeks away from July 4 — a day that marks 250 years of American independence. Think about that for a moment. Two hundred and fifty years. That’s a remarkable milestone for any nation, ...

Fargo Public Library's Summer Reading Challenge featured a live American Revolution presentation, giving children a hands-on history lesson.

Why did so many American colonials take arms against the ruling British, even when the odds were stacked against them? Dr.

The American Revolution is often told as a heroic story of 13 colonies rising up against a mighty empire and, with some help from France, winning their independence. But the real story is more ...

As Philadelphia prepared for America’s 250th anniversary this year, many museums across the city have looked back at the ...

Patrick Henry, Thomas Paine and the Declaration of Independence all turned to divine sanction to make the case for breaking with Britain ...

As America marks 250 years since the Declaration of Independence, historians say Miami was a sparsely populated British ...

Emanuel Leutze's "Washington Crossing the Delaware" is one of the most iconic images of the American Revolution. It's as ...