April 19 marks 250 years since the first gunfire of the American Revolution rang out at 5:30 a.m. northwest of Boston. It was ...

Welcome to another fascinating journey through history! On this day, March 17th, we reflect on significant events that have ...

You know about the leprechauns and the Irish and the pot of gold, but did you know that St. Patrick's Day has another ...

Granville Sentinel columnist Jeff Gill shares his thoughts on the Declaration of Independence and the Founding Fathers' intentions behind their words.

On Jan. 24, 1776, Henry Knox, a bold, portly bookseller and former Bostonian, solved the first problem. Having seized Fort Ticonderoga, in upstate New York, he and his men dragged the garrison’s ...

David Schmidt is a producer and co-director with Ken Burns and Sarah Botstein of “The American Revolution,” which is ...

It's that time of year again when more than a million revelers fill the streets of America's most Irish big city for the ...

Maybe you ve heard about America s 250th birthday being in 2026 Officially, this is called a semiquincentennial ...

It all went into motion June 7, 1776, when Richard Henry Lee introduced before the Continental Congress a resolution “that these united colonies are and of right ought to be free and independent ...

March 17 is officially observed as Evacuation Day in Boston, even though St. Patrick’s Day falls on the same date. Here's the ...