In 1776, it was decided to establish a permanent Army post there. They called it "El Presidio de San Francisco." Historian John A. Martini says, with the mile-wide Golden Gate being the only ...

It is no surprise that the 1776 Commission did not include a single expert on U.S. history and that the San Francisco school board also refused to consult historians. “What would be the point?” ...

It was what some call a wandering town. On June 27, 1776, the expedition families arrived at what is now San Francisco. The expedition suffered one fatality as one of eight pregnant women on the ...

1776 co-founder Evan Burfield has turned 1776 into a miniature tech empire, but now the company is expected to shed its co-working space in San Francisco. A the fast-growing incubator that ...

American history meets musical theater with a bang in “1776.” The founding fathers ... the patriotic musical runs through Oct. 6 at San Francisco’s American Conservatory Theater.

And for the first time, 1776 audiences watching this production can see themselves reflected in the leaders who emerged triumphant after the heated debates and heavy compromises led to the signing ...