The Thirteen British colonies that would become the first of the United States — Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Maryland, ...

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain ...

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

Independence National Historical Park hosts some of the nation’s preeminent places of history. But what was the area like ...

Pennsylvania’s nickname of the Keystone State, as variously reported, originates with the deciding vote for independence by a Pennsylvania member of the Continental Congress or in the commonwealth’s ...

America was not the only nation at war with Great Britain during at this time. France, Spain and the Netherlands were also at ...

When George Washington, from Virginia, arrived in Cambridge 250 years ago, one of the first things he did was talk to his ...

Adams, Jefferson and other Founding Fathers enjoyed wild game and seasonal produce in Philadelphia's taverns during the ...

On a hot, steamy day in Philadelphia, a group of delegates to the Continental Congress gathered to celebrate the final ...

Founding Father John Adams once wrote that American independence should be celebrated with "illuminations from one end of ...

On July 4, 1777, the Sons of Liberty set fireworks off over Boston Common. In Philadelphia the Pennsylvania Evening Post wrote “at night there was a grand exhibition of fireworks (which began and ...