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 ...

Next July 4th marks the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States. A handful of members like Rep. Kelly are supporting legislation to hold a joint session of where it all began: the ...

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

Possibly, the Founders all knew that their creation was not on solid ground. Benjamin Franklin, when asked what government ...

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

Blame the Patriots more than the cunning Dunmore. Norfolk native Andrew Lawler’s latest book is a lively gathering of ...

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 ...

The 1977 law that allows Trump to declare a fake emergency to impose massive tariffs was an invitation to dictatorship.

Thomas Paine, one of America’s greatest advocates, was a vocal and ardent supporter of the American Revolution. It is estimated that two of his pamphlets, Common Sense and The American Crisis—which ...

Trump’s attack on the Smithsonian is bad. His reason is even worse.