The death of Charlie Kirk highlights a hard truth: political violence has always shaped American history. A historian traces its roots from the Revolution to today.

As a historian of the early republic, I believe that seeing this violence in America as distinct "episodes" is wrong. Instead ...

This is part of a weekly series on our region’s history coordinated by the Trumbull County Historical Society. The ...

Why did former President Barack Obama record a remix of George Washington’s song “One Last Time?” Can we actually enjoy ...

The musical reminded Americans that he was fatally shot by Aaron Burr, the sitting vice-president of the United States. It ...

By the late 1770s, the Revolution in what is known as the Middle Colonies had become a brutal civil war. In New York and New ...

“Hamilton,” in depicting the fervent struggle for freedom and independence at the dawn of the United States, echoes American ...

By recreating a snippet of the number “Best of Wives and Best of Women,” these funny shorts serve as both tribute and ...

I’m not throwing away my shot” emerges as Hamilton’s “walk up song.” We are all trying to make a contribution, to make a ...

A couple weeks ago I saw the road company version of the Broadway musical, “Hamilton,” playing in Montreal’s Place des Arts.

The Lewis Inn, one of South Carolina’s oldest houses, has served as the backdrop for many eras of American history — ...

But the story that Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent threatened to punch Federal Housing Finance Agency chief Bill Pulte in ...