It was 250 years ago this week that Patriot militiamen carried out the first military operation of the Revolutionary War in ...

“General Washington and Thomas Jefferson both said that the Battle of Kings Mountain was the turning point of the Revolutionary War,” according to playwright/author Robert Inman. “That’s the reason we ...

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 cocktails have names only Canadians understand, like “TVO Kids” and “Hadfield.” Everywhere, there is knowing Canadian ...

As we move toward our nation’s semiquincentennial, I’m focusing on the related contributions and connections of folks of the ...

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.

To propose, as Lord Selborne does, to interfere through a British committee between the Free State and what Lord Beauchamp ...

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 ...