Lavoisier had assumed control of France’s national gunpowder production. Considered the founder of the Chemical Revolution, ...

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

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

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

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

Next year will mark 250 years since the signing of the Declaration of Independence. This hour, we hear how different ...

LECH Walesa, remember him? He was the Labour union leader who succeeded in forming and leading a broad anti-Communism and ...

The Justice Bell rang on Sept. 25, 1920, announcing passage of the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution which ...

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

By Henry HoweDirector, Fort Jackson Museum CommunityWhen the American Revolution began on April 19, 1775, the colonies relied on local militias to ...

This year, the U.S. Army Infantry Branch celebrates 250 years since its creation by the 2nd Continental Congress. Several ...

Henry was born in 1737 in Virginia, where he served as governor from 1776 to 1779 and 1784 to 1786 ... the Slaves and the ...