Recent rehabilitation of this important site at the Gettysburg battlefield provides a much improved experience for visitors.
Dickinson played a pivotal role in our Nation’s founding, from the Stamp Act to ratifying the Constitution, but his contributions are largely forgotten by history.
Some delegates at the Constitutional Convention wanted a strong executive, while others feared the American president might become a king.
In the Age of Discovery, maps held closely guarded secrets for the kings, adventurers, and merchants who first acquired them.
How tough Henry Knox hauled a train of cannon over wintry trails to help drive the British away from Boston
Badly disguised as Indians, a rowdy group of patriotic vandals kicked a revolution into motion.
What began as a civil war within the British Empire continued until it became a wider conflict affecting peoples and countries across Europe and North America.
Overshadowed in memory by Lexington and Concord, the Massachusetts town of Menotomy saw the most violent and deadly fighting on April 19, 1775.
Our nation is free because, 250 years ago, brave men and women fought a war to establish the independence of the United States and created a system of government to protect the freedom of its citizens.
The discoverer of the New World was responsible for the annihilation of the peaceful Arawak Indians
An interview with the famed suffragette, Alice Paul
It's one of the oldest folk ballads in our national songbook, but where did it come from? The answer is complex, multi-layered, American.