Before the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, exhibitions and events in many states offer a ...

The road to revolution was filled with mistakes, miscommunications, and massive turning points. From unfair taxes to bloody ...

“In America the law is king,” wrote Paine. “For as in absolute governments the King is law, so in free countries the law ...

Also invoking King’s legacy was David Houle of Highland Park. Raised on the South Side of Chicago and now in his 70s, his ...

Books & the Arts / A conversation with Greg Grandin about his groundbreaking new book America, América: A New History of the ...

Opponents of President Donald Trump’s administration took to the streets of communities large and small across the U.S. on ...

Tens of thousands of people came to Lexington, Massachusetts, just before dawn on Saturday to witness a reenactment of how the American Revolution began 250 years ago, with the blast of gunshot and a ...

In a spate of demonstrations around the Boston area Saturday, anti-Trump protestors invoked the 250th anniversary of the ...

The battles, which emerged from a gathering revolutionary crisis, predicted the outcome of the war: the victory of the ...

But even though I have a hard time envisioning these historic events occurring in my hometown as it is today, sometimes when ...