Historians around the state are revisiting the nation's origin story with fresh eyes, centering on communities that have ...

Before the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, exhibitions and events in many states offer a ...

Thomas Gage struck words and added notes in the margins, pressing his quill hard in some spots on the most consequential letter he would ever write.

And fired the shot heard round the world. So goes the first stanza of a hymn written by Ralph Waldo Emerson in 1837 and sung to the tune of “Old Hundredth” for the dedication of an obelisk at the site ...