In 1775, the Continental Congress established the Army as the first U.S. military service. In 1777, the Stars and Stripes ...

British Gen. Cornwallis’s sword, believed to be the one surrendered to Americans at Yorktown in 1781, is on display at the ...

July 1: Cherokee attack the southern frontier. July 4: Congress adopts the Declaration of Independence. It’s worth noting ...

Volume Two of the bestselling historian's "Revolution Trilogy" details the middle years of the War for Independence, in which ...