The countdown to the 250th anniversary of American independence has begun—here are 9 museum exhibitions to add to your ...

More than 4,000 guests streamed through the gates carrying their heirlooms, curiosities and long-held questions. The hope: to ...

This Fourth of July, during a day of parades, baseball and barbecues, somewhere, close by, a marching band surely will be ...

Francis Scott Key, the Reluctant Patriot The Washington lawyer was an unlikely candidate to write the national anthem; he was against America’s entry into the War of 1812 from the outset ...

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

For a more detailed definition and analysis of the concept of a “way of warfare,” see Michael A. Bonura, Under the Shadow of Napoleon: French Influence on the American Way of Warfare from the War of ...

Even after Congress, authorized a specific design, the flag of the United States continued to take many forms until after the War of 1812.

Ian Rogers was convinced it was up to him to save America. The gun industry’s sales tactics — playing up paranoia and ...

Had Oliver Wendell Holmes not felt the patriotic pride that led to his writing of this inspiring poem, the USS Constitution ...

Let’s start our journey through this maritime marvel with a stroll down Talbot Street, the main thoroughfare that serves as the town’s beating heart. Brick sidewalks line the street, guiding you past ...

Standing sentinel over this aquatic panorama is the Concord Point Lighthouse, a 36-foot tall whitewashed tower that’s been guiding mariners safely home since 1827. As Maryland’s oldest continuously ...