John Ferling’s “Shots Heard Round the World” explores how France and Spain came to help the colonies throw off England’s rule ...

One that people will enjoy learning about these shared stories, and perhaps even more importantly, that we will inspire that next generation of stewards of our history,” said a commemoration organizer ...

Local observances are planned for the midnight ride warning the British were coming 250 years ago. The Capt. James Neal ...

This month sees the official launch of the Revolutionary War commemorations — the beginning ... to commemorate “where the first shots of the American Revolution were fired at Concord’s ...

While Charleston & Cowpens were crucial sites during the American Revolution, S.C.'s Midlands also saw some action. Here's a ...

He wrote influential books exploring the dramatic changes wrought by independence, bringing in overlooked perspectives — what ...

Premieres Wednesday, April 9, 2025 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS app + Encores Sunday, April 13 at 2 p.m. on KPBS TV and 9 p.m. on KPBS 2. How did a ragtag army defeat the most powerful army in the world ...

On National Former Prisoner of War Recognition Day, a new marker was placed on a family monument at Union Cemetery to honor Elizabeth (Dunkin) Porter – a woman whose sacrifice helped shape America’s ...

Isaiah Thomas, a revolutionary patriot and printer of the radical Boston newspaper, The Massachusetts Spy, snuck his printing ...

In the late 18th and early 19th century, Westerners were involved in extensive looting of Greek antiquities as the nation was ...

(KCTV) - On National Former Prisoner of War Recognition Day ... story ending nearly a century of American transformation. “This is for our liberty, for our independence,” said Stull.