William Thompson, a man rarely if ever mentioned in American history books, became the first commissioned colonel in the ...

In early July 1774, a pivotal meeting in Charleston laid crucial groundwork for South Carolina's eventual declaration of independence from Great Britain. This " ...

Fireworks are a cornerstone of America's Fourth of July celebrations, but that can make the spirited holiday dangerous. A ...

On July 4, 1776, the Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence, proclaiming U.S. independence from Britain ...

Millions of protesters have denounced President Donald Trump as a would-be autocrat and marched under the banner “No Kings.” ...

The nation’s capital resided in Pennsylvania before Washington, D.C. However, just where in the state depends on the criteria ...

The Continental currency was good enough to help America get through the first critical years of war but the failure to replace it with a credible national system of finance helped to doom the ...

Sept. 5–Oct. 26: First Continental Congress — Carpenter’s Hall, Philadelphia. 1775 March 23: Patrick Henry’s “Liberty or Death” speech, Richmond, Virgina. April 18: Revere and Dawes Ride.

The API failed to deliver the resource. There are 570 students in the Pittsville School District. This summer, one of them will represent Wisconsin at the national Young People's Continental Congress.

Located on 1,079 acres of land just north of U.S. Highway 80 in Forney, Texas. — a suburb of 35,000 people roughly 21 miles east of Downtown Dallas — the Meraki master-planned community will include 2 ...

Ahead of a Thursday night show at Mohawk, The White Stripes frontman and guitarist Jack White performed a matinee show for approximately 250 people at The Continental Club on South Congress Avenue.