“The Revolution on Cape Cod and the Islands: Issues, Events, and People” focuses on events that took place across the Cape ...

On the morning of April 19, 1775, a loosely formed patriot militia fired the “shots heard ’round the world” when they faced ...

A book by an emeritus professor at Brown argues that the revolution was one of the greatest the world has known and "affected ...

Joseph J. Ellis is the author, most recently, of “The Cause: The American Revolution and Its Discontents.” ...

In this episode of Kings and Generals' animated historical series, we explore how the United States gained independence ...

The Patriot, 1776, and The Crossing are all among the absolute best movies about the American Revolutionary War.

Legendary documentary filmmaker Ken Burns once called the Civil War "the most important event in American history," because ...

After peaceful attempts at alliance-building stalled, the Continental Army launched an ill-fated invasion of Quebec in June 1775 ...

One of the best known battles of the American Revolution may have been in Lexington, Mass. But a historic house about 100 ...

Ominous clouds gathered over Cambridge Common at midday Friday as about 70 interfaith clergy members stood praying near the ...

Many of the men who took part in the Congress left traces across the state that remain visible today. Witherspoon's home, statue and grave are preserved in Princeton. Abraham Kitchel’s former ...

This spring, the 250th anniversary of the start of the American Revolution, the rhymes of history have been everywhere. Not only in the expected places, like Lexington and Concord, where ...