What happened in April 1775 in and near Boston is an important chapter of the story of why, how and by whom America was birthed.

A sense of history permeates Northrop’s 2025-26 performing arts season, even as the venue sets its eyes on the future. The new roster marks important milestones — 100 years of the Martha Graham Dance ...

Professors Beverly Gage, Joanne Freeman and David Blight will tackle the entirety of American history in the class dedicated to the 250th anniversary of the independence.

The Nationhood Lab recently released survey results that found a majority of Americans share a common view that the U.S. is ...

U.S. tensions should aim at convincing American citizens that the idea of annexing Canada is a betrayal of U.S. values ...

Many of the new artifacts carry the weight of history, but also the freedom stories and intimate histories of the families ...

“These are the times that try men’s souls,” Thomas Paine wrote in the darkening days of December 1776, when the American ...

Greg Grandin’s sweeping history of the new world shows how immutably intertwined the United States is with Latin America.

Hundreds of protesters gathered on the West Capitol Lawn in Albany on Saturday afternoon, braving wind and rain to voice ...

Trump's massive tariffs have sparked a debate on the political right but most Republican voters are sticking with the ...

My grandparents landed on Ellis Island in 1902 with their 1-year-old son, my father, in their arms. Twenty-seven years later, ...

May 10, 1775, the Second Continental Congress met at Independence Hall and on July 4, 1776, The Declaration of Independence was adopted unanimously.