Why do Chicago and Illinois celebrate a Revolutionary War hero from Poland who never set foot anywhere near the state and ...

I think he was alert to the ways that it could end up eroding the institution,” says historian Christopher Brown ...

It’s a tale of American independence not taught in schools. For centuries, the story of how a small community of Jews living in America and on a tiny Caribbean island helped tip the scales of the ...

I think each of us has a story going all the way back to 1619 when those first enslaved people were sold in Virginia," said ...

The Norwood Town Council has unanimously approved $1,000 in funding for a mural commemorating the Battle of Colson’s Mill, a ...

Common Pleas Court records show that he personally appeared at the age of 69 to declare his service in the Revolutionary War. He stated that he enlisted in the spring of 1779 at Culpeper County, Va.

Seven foreign-born heroes helped win the American Revolution and shaped America’s fight for independence in ways history ...

Ken Burns’ new PBS docuseries The American Revolution is a six-part, 12-hour series that puts troops, camp followers, and ...

The American Revolution was one of the most radical acts in human history, casting aside centuries of monarchical despotism ...

Queen Elizabeth was a military truck driver during World War II, while "Golden Girl" Bea Arthur was a staff sergeant for the ...

In his latest project, Ken Burns turns his lens to the American Revolution — an event he has called the most significant ...

Descended from famine emigrants, William Donovan led the OSS in World War II and laid the groundwork for the modern CIA ...