Inside Boston's Old State House, visitors encounter letters and diaries revealing how neighbors were divided and families weighed loyalty against liberty.

The war that brought the United States into being is usually thought of as a valiant effort by men in tri-cornered hats and ...

David Martin has introduced legislation to designate April 19 as Patriots’ Day in Michigan, honoring the start of the ...

Tensions between the British and the colonists explode in Massachusetts, as violence erupts on the road to Concord and the ...

Life on the frontier during the Revolutionary era — far from the better-known battle sites in the East — was the focus of a ...

President Donald Trump issued two messages marking prominent Catholic feast days, the feast of St. Joseph on March 19 and St.

There have been some memorable speeches in American history, such as Franklin D. Roosevelt’s “… a day that will live in ...

Today, and throughout the month of March, I join the Irish American community and all American citizens in celebrating the bond between our two nations and commemorating the towering life and ...

As the nation's 250th birthday approaches, you can journey through the past with this historic bar crawl guide.

Today, and throughout the month of March, I join the Irish American community and all American citizens in celebrating the bond between our two nations ...

On March 17, 1776, British troops and loyalist civilians began evacuating Boston as approximately 11,000 soldiers and more ...

The British evacuated Boston in 120 vessels, taking with them some 1,100 loyalists. The retreat represented the end of a ...