The precepts of the Magna Carta were included in Elizabeth I’s 1578 grant to Sir Humphrey Gilbert and later charters included a key provision: all rights of Englishmen were retained by English ...

In 1776 the task of doing so fell to two brothers, Richard and William Howe. They had a dual mandate: to crush the rebels and ...

American Revolution history often gets packed into clean little stories. That makes it easy to remember, but not always ...

Old battlefields seem more like parks. Trying to imagine cannon and cries of the wounded? Difficult, but not always. Farmers’ ...

The American Revolution Museum at Yorktown is drawing record crowds as the nation prepares to mark 250 years of independence.

Far from the main action, the Spanish fought to reclaim Southern territory from the British, tying up their forces and aiding ...

It’s been 250 years since the signing of the Declaration of Independence and stories of everyday heroes are still being ...

As Virginia and the U.S. commemorates the 250th anniversary of American Independence, one of our nation’s most defining ...

Theodore Sedgwick distrusted democracy, feared political equality and believed society should be guided by educated, propertied elites. Yet at a moment when partisan fury threatened to break the ...

After stinging military defeats in the fall of 1776, George Washington adopted the “Fabian strategy” to defeat the British.

Meticulously sourced uniforms, encyclopedic knowledge and a love of history bridge the Revolutionary War to modern day.

Across Chester County, hero tribute parades are set to honor the lives of United States of America Armed Forces. “Parkesburg ...