How a disagreement with a Scottish lord over westward expansion, a cache of gunpowder, and the future of enslaved labor ...

Ted Widmer, a consulting editor for this special issue of Globe Ideas, is the author of “Lincoln on the Verge: Thirteen Days ...

Library houses replica Declarations of Independence, while local town hall is modeled on a colonial predecessor ...

Was 1775 really the main pivot point in the fight for independence? 1760? 1607? The Founders themselves weren’t sure.

It was at Independence Hall in Philadelphia where the Second Continental Congress approved the Declaration of Independence in 1776. Members of the 13 colonies ... “This is about America. This is about ...

1776. Andrew Lawler’s interesting and important book “A Perfect Frenzy” should do much to close that gap. “A Perfect Frenzy: ...

On March 17, 1776, American patriots drove British troops ... This marked the first major American victory in the war for independence. The Irish influence grew in Boston, and on 1901, March ...

Many students of American history know that the Revolutionary ... and after the adoption of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. Andrew Lawler’s interesting and important book ...

Advertisement In 1776, the Continental Army under Gen ... the Soviet Union's ultimatum to renounce its declaration of independence a week prior. The Soviets implemented sanctions against Lithuania ...

Mr. Trump’s order criticized the African American ... Independence Hall in Philadelphia, where the declaration was signed. Last month, Mr. Trump issued an executive order re-establishing his ...

We spoke with Laurie Halse Anderson, recipient of the 2023 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, about her new middle grade novel, 'Rebellion 1776,' which explores the chaotic time of the start of the ...