Long before it became a symbol of academic prestige, Harvard University was a frontline player in America’s fight for ...

Independence Day has come and gone and now the one-year countdown is on to America’s 250th birthday.

America’s independence wasn’t declared in a day — it was forged through years of unrest, resistance, and revolution. This powerful chronicle traces th ...

Even though our city was founded 20 years after Americans declared independence from British colonial rule, we thought it ...

President Abraham Lincoln, with young son Tad and Senator Charles Sumner, salutes a detachment of African-American Union ...

From live battle reenactments to walking in the footsteps of troops and visiting historical markers, these destinations offer ...

A Siege, A Revolution” was published in 2013. “What actually happened probably gets hazy for people outside of the Boston area, but it's part of our collective memory and imagination.” “Few ‘ordinary’ ...

Since its official establishment, June 14, 1775 — more than a year before the Declaration of Independence — the U.S. Army has played a vital role in the growth and development of the American ...

The Soldier and the Revolutionary War” opened June 7 on the Army’s 250th birthday. It has artifacts never before displayed ...

Much of the world looks to the Battles of Lexington and Concord, fought in Massachusetts on April 19, 1775, as the start of the American Revolution. But Philbrick, Lockhart and others cite Bunker Hill ...

So this was the beginning of the siege of Boston,” said Billerica Colonial Minute Men reenactor Dan Burns at the ceremony Saturday, referring to Bunker Hill and Breed’s Hill, the sites of the ...