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.

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

We celebrate the Fourth of July with parades, family time and BBQs but it’s an often-forgotten fact that when the Declaration ...

Most people know that the July 4th holiday celebrates the day the United States of America gained its Independence (the […] ...

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 ...

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

Ken Burns Ensures the Revolution Will Be Televised The war is over, but not the revolution, Burns says By Richard Whittaker, Fri., June 13, 2025 ...

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.

Archaeologists recently announced the discovery of skeletons at Colonial Williamsburg – but the skeletons weren’t from the Revolutionary War.

Ohio is the final resting place for a large number of graves of Revolutionary War veterans, despite not being one of the original 13 colonies. Much of the land that became Ohio was granted to veterans ...

Volunteers are needed to help document the graves of Revolutionary War veterans in Ohio using a free smartphone app, with the goal of creating a comprehensive, public, searchable database and ...