Calling all history buffs! Culper Spy Day returns to the North Shore on Saturday, Sept. 6 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. with several ...

The exemplar brigadiers mostly stand out for their battlefield elan and resilience, while the major generals represent the ...

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! On the 250th anniversary of George Washington's leaving Mount Vernon to attend the Second Continental Congress, George Washington's Mount Vernon ...

The unit fought bravely in the Revolutionary War, holding off British troops at the Battle of Brooklyn so George Washington's ...

When Mary Ball Washington died in August 1789, her eldest child, George Washington, was a few months into his first term as ...

As part of VA250, which is Virginia's observance of the 250th anniversary of America's Declaration of Independence from Britain, a Revolutionary War living-history encampment will be held from 10 a.m.

KITTANNING — In April 1775, William Thompson, a man rarely if ever mentioned in American history books, became the first commissioned colonel in the Continental Army of a rifle battalion in the 1st ...

In 2025, President Donald Trump issued an executive order restoring the use of Department of War as a "secondary title" for ...

Washington led the colonial forces to victory over the British in the Revolutionary War in 1781. He was the first to sign the ...

Save Outdoor Sculpture, District of Columbia survey, 1993. "Compilation of Works of Art and Other Objects in the United States Capitol," the Architect of the Capitol, 1965. National Park Service, ...

Nestled on a corner in lower Manhattan's high-powered Financial District is a three-story brick building that's home to the oldest restaurant in New York. Established in 1762, Fraunces Tavern is not ...