Posey served in various military roles throughout the Revolution. The Indiana Historical Society has his original enlistment ...

Parliament’s Stamp Act tax of the mid-1760s ignited the Anglo-American conflict. Yet, as historians broadly agree, it was ...

The Declaration of Independence condemns King George III for having “burnt our towns.” But the British were not to blame for ...

In 1775, an unsung hero of the Revolutionary War, Western Pennsylvania's Colonel William Thompson, helped drive back the ...

Explore the roots of the American Revolution in this animated documentary. From the end of the French and Indian War to the Boston Massacre, we examine the growing tensions between Britain and the ...

Documentary filmmaker Ken Burns spoke with CBS News' John Dickerson about his new film on the American Revolution. More from ...

The Ohio History Connection is mapping patriots’ gravesites, in hope of better preserving them across the state.

In the first few hours of the attacks, Israel incapacitated a regime dedicated to its destruction. The Mossad intelligence ...

In the early months of the American Revolution, Daniel Morgan and his soldiers raced north to join the Continental Army during the so-called Beeline March ...

Black Americans’, our’ relationship to this annual holiday has always been fraught. In 1852, nearly a century after the ...

How America got its first martyr and commander in chief Abigail Adams wrote to John Adams in Philadelphia as the Battle of Bunker Hill continued.

Next to a flagpole near the entrance of Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn lies a large stone with a plaque designating the site ...