According to the official Rhode Island website, the state was named by Dutch explorer Adrian Block. He originally named it ...

The United States marked its 250th anniversary this year. Since its independence in 1776, the U.S. territory has expanded ...

Racond, a historian of all things Washington, called the speech the soon-to-be president's "most important" action in ...

Federal Hall, at Wall and Broad streets, stands at the site where George Washington took the Oath of Office on April 30, 1789 ...

French senators adopted a bill on Wednesday to simplify the return of artworks looted during the colonial era to their ...

A journey around Lower Manhattan highlights the roots of Revolution in the nation's first capital, now New York's largest city.

Students, faculty members and state historians reflected on New Hampshire history and the state’s unique cultural identity.

The political coalition that has formed under Trump’s banner has the potential to reshape American politics.

Maybe Harrisburg’s connections to the Revolutionary War aren’t obvious. No battles raged here. No signers of the Declaration ...

White Christian nationalism is widely seen as a partisan movement that only emerged in recent years. But the ideology is as ...

Indigo was once so vital to the state people called it “blue gold.” As interest in the dye reignites, historic sites are ...