In 1761, James Otis Jr., a 36-year-old lawyer, ignited an early spark of the American Revolution when he resigned his post as Massachusetts Advocate General to represent merchants challenging the ...

More than a decade before he became the country's first president, George Washington was leading a critical campaign in the ...

The author says Rhode Island's direct military role in the American Revolution was limited, but its unique history of ...

Over the past 30 years, our family has walked the brick path of Boston’s Freedom Trail, from the Custom House, the site of ...

While Washington and the Continental Army struggled at Valley Forge, ambitious officers tried to oust him as commander-in-chief. In the winter of 1777-1778, the American Revolution faced one of its ...

NPR's history podcast Throughline speaks with Ken Burns about his latest documentary, The American Revolution.

William J. Tankersley, President of the Georgia Society of Sons of the American Revolution, swore in the 2026-2027 officers of the Capt. John Collins Chapter of the Georgia Society of ...

Patrick Henry was a man of great conviction and character who led the road to revolution here in the United States.

President Donald Trump will deliver his annual 'State of the Union' address on Tuesday around 9:00 p.m., where he is expected ...

Georgia Day marks the 1733 founding of the last of the original 13 British colonies. In the American Revolutionary War, Georgia also was late to secure independence.

As the British Red Coats retreated through Lexington on April 19, 1775, after the Battle of Lexington and Concord, two men, ...