The answer is yes, but not in the ways that we might assume. Native Americans did not have guns. They did not use horses in combat. in ritualized and localized engagements. historically raised their ...

Retired Marine Corps General Jason Bohm, author of "Washington's Marines," provided opening remarks for his lecture on the creation and early operations of the United States Marine Corps. He spoke at ...

When I worked as a reporter, I wouldn't join a political party or sign a petition. I was an "unenrolled" voter. I wouldn't ...

Beginning Jan. 1, 2026, the Palmetto State will start issuing new standard license plates to commemorate the 250th ...

The Shadrach Bond Chapter National Society Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) met at the Kibbe Museum in Carthage on Oct. 17. Regent, Mrs. Keela Ernst, led the members in ...

The Belleville Historical Society recently presented The Observer with an American flag that was flown above Fort McHenry in Baltimore Harbor Sept. 14, 2025, the anniversary of the Battle ...

The secret meetings took place in December 1775 at Carpenters' Hall and helped lead to a critical supply of ammunitions and ...

Street names in Columbia often carry interesting meanings behind them. From Catawba to Whaley, streets that we see every day ...

Ken Burns joins David Frum to discuss how his new documentary captures both the triumphs and the tragedies of the nation’s ...

The Revolutionary War began 250 years ago this year, but it would not be until over six years later, for all intents and purposes, that it came to an end with a victory over the British at Yorktown, ...

The Declaration of Independence is venerated for its poetic language and universalist prologue, with the soaring, “self-evident” truth that all men have the right to “Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of ...

Concord is widely known for another aspect of its history: It is intimately associated with the Transcendentalist movement in the quarter century before the Civil War. That distinction, too, it owes ...