Picture that it’s the summer of 1775 and word from Boston is that citizens of the Bay Colony are needed to resist the British Regulars and their reign. What would you ...

Joseph J. Ellis is the author, most recently, of “The Cause: The American Revolution and Its Discontents.” ...

In this episode of Kings and Generals' animated historical series, we explore how the United States gained independence ...

Fredonia’s Barker Commons will host a festival and reenactment of General Lafayette’s visit. No one in Northern Chautauqua ...

Fredonia’s Barker Commons will host a festival and reenactment of General Lafayette’s visit. No one in Northern Chautauqua ...

Leading academic institutions have been toppled before in centers of learning such as Berlin and Beijing. Is Boston next?

Thanks to a recent blizzard of executive orders and late-night congressional maneuvers, the nation’s public lands have become ...

One of the best known battles of the American Revolution may have been in Lexington, Mass. But a historic house about 100 ...

Sarah Hepola asks Ken Burns five questions ahead of his Dallas appearance at the Winspear Opera House on June 3 to preview ...

From the American Revolution to modern battles, take a look back at the full toll of U.S. deaths in war this Memorial Day.

With the anniversary of the start of the American Revolution this spring and in the lead up to the ... “[The towns] are struggling with the state government throughout the revolutionary period,” he ...