Historians have put together an app that guides users to significant sites around the city, just in time for the 250th anniversary of the United States’ founding.

Amid the nation's upcoming semiquincentennial celebrations comes a new, 12-hour, six-part series from America's master of ...

The Declaration of Independence is a revolutionary document that transformed governance from monarchy to democracy and ...

A year before declaring independence, colonists offered 'Olive Branch' petition to King George III ...

But while the Declaration of Independence ends with the 13 colonies “absolved from all Allegiance to the British Crown,” the authors in 1775 assured a nervous public “that we mean not to ...

July 4, also known as Independence Day, marks the day the Declaration of Independence was adopted and the 13 North American colonies officially separated from Great Britain.

July 4, also known as Independence Day, marks the day the Declaration of Independence was adopted and the 13 North American ... calling for the colonies' independence on June 7 of that year, the ...

They simply disregard what the 13 colonies fought for. One of the key differences between the War of Independence and current U.S. foreign policy lies in their underlying motivations. The ...

D.C.’s unique status may come down to a secret meeting between Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton, and James Madison.

For the past 4 years, Morando and his team have collected more than 287 artifacts from the 13 original colonies. That includes surrender flags, and George Washington’s original guns.