Precolonial byway was important Native American trade route later used by military in American Revolution and Civil War, ...

The Bandung Conference opened a new era of South-South economic cooperation. Its resolution on economic cooperation called ...

The anniversary of the outbreak of the Revolutionary War precedes a slew of planned celebrations when the United States marks ...

Among those watching the Lexington reenactment was Brandon Mace, a lieutenant colonel with the Army Reserve whose ancestor ...

A conversation with Greg Grandin about his groundbreaking new book America, América: A New History of the New World.

After the fights at Lexington and Concord's North Bridge, the British column had to return to Boston. On its way, the ...

The New Castle Court House Museum stands majestically on Delaware Street, embodying everything a colonial courthouse should ...

Battery Park extends along the waterfront, offering grassy areas perfect for a Mother’s Day picnic if the weather cooperates. The park provides spectacular views across to New Jersey (perhaps the only ...

Historians have debated whether the New Jersey-born wife of a British general was the one who leaked his orders and set the militia into action 250 years ago.

Boston may have lit the fuse, but Philly is where the Revolution really went down. Caught in the middle of all the fury and foment were roughly 40,000 everyday Philadelphians trying to make do during ...

Nova Scotia’s cultural landscape is as diverse as its coastline, shaped by Mi'kmaq, French Acadian and African Nova Scotian communities. These coastal destinations, set along wave-worn cliffs and in ...

That whole thing about "no taxation without representation"? Those taxes were mostly import duties on goods imported from Britain.