One of the most common misconceptions people have is that all Americans fought for the Patriots’ cause, and that’s not true.” ...

This is the 250th anniversary of the start of the American Revolution. The celebrations have begun, notably the Boston Tea ...

The festival includes Revolutionary-era military encampments, musters, and re-enactments, as well as demonstrations of ...

The cocktails have names only Canadians understand, like “TVO Kids” and “Hadfield.” Everywhere, there is knowing Canadian kitsch: Canadian-side Niagara Falls projected onto a wall; a Wall of Heroes ...

Back in the days when I really did a “Comic Strip of the Day,” and only needed one, I had a policy that I would only hold daily strips for 24 hours but could hold a Sunday for six days, following the ...

On July 11, 1780, a French army of 5,300 men and 450 officers under the command of the comte de Rochambeau landed in Newport.

According to research done by the U.S. Army War College, William Thompson's commission as the colonel of the Pennsylvania ...

Establishing freedom of religion was a hard-fought success of the American Founding. Today we are still fighting.

Francis Scott Key, the Reluctant Patriot The Washington lawyer was an unlikely candidate to write the national anthem; he was against America’s entry into the War of 1812 from the outset ...

With the country’s 250th birthday less than a year away, here are Revolutionary War and other historical sites within driving ...