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

This month sees the official launch of the Revolutionary War commemorations — the beginning of a year-and-a-half-long celebration leading up to next year’s Semiquincentennial. And the (mostly ...

Local men who fought in the American Revolution will come to life during an upcoming lecture on soldiers who influenced what ...

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

As the British pushed deeper into North America, they ended up giving Indians concessions that colonists would not tolerate.

Stephen Seals portrays James Lafayette at Colonial Williamsburg and said that the new monument will serve as a reflection of ...

The role of Billy Flora, a free Black man, in this pivotal victory — and the erosion later of rights — show a paradox of the ...

Many of the new artifacts carry the weight of history, but also the freedom stories and intimate histories of the families ...

The granite monument honors James Armistead Lafayette, who is believed to have been a double agent during the Revolutionary ...

Finally, after 250 years the truth is shared by the oldest continuous running newspaper in the United states, The Hartford ...

A new exhibit at the Concord Museum in Concord, Massachusetts shows what everyday life was like in the 18th century as part ...