A Man Full of Trouble is Philadelphia’s last remaining example of colonial bar culture that birthed the American Revolution.

The geographies of upward mobility show U.S. regions that emphasize investments in the common good over economic libertarianism do better ...

Most people know that the July 4th holiday celebrates the day the United States of America gained its Independence (the […] ...

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

A reenactor read the Declaration of Independence outside the John Harris Mansion in Harrisburg, honoring the city's founder, John Harris, who established Dauphin County and was born on the Susquehanna ...

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain ...

General George Washington rode into Cambridge, Massachusetts, to lead an army of 16,000. These men, Washington announced, ...

Being a Virginian made Washington a symbol of the Continental Congress’s effort to show that beleaguered Boston was not alone ...

The Declaration of Independence, adopted on July 4, 1776, was a game-changer for the 13 American colonies. This bold move cut ...

A team of students from Syracuse University recently uncovered a treasure trove of 18th-century artifacts at the Crown Point ...

Leesburg residents voted 400-22 to ratify Virginia’s Ordinance of Secession. A mere five miles northwest, however, the town ...

The 13 British colonies that would become the first of the United States — Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Maryland, ...