Shortly after taking command of the Continental Army in July 1775, General George Washington ordered an accounting of the ...

Jane Kamensky is the president and CEO of Monticello and the author of “A Revolution in Color: The World of John Singleton ...

On April 12, 1776, the 4th Provincial Congress in session at Halifax passed a resolution that became known as “The Halifax Resolves.” In this document, North Carolinians declared ...

Library houses replica Declarations of Independence, while local town hall is modeled on a colonial predecessor ...

Windows, modest by modern standards but generous for colonial architecture, filter sunlight through wavy antique glass during ...

This unassuming treasure, marked by its distinctive red facade and teal roof in the Midway Shopping Center, has been satisfying carnivorous cravings for decades with a reverence for tradition that ...

Blame the Patriots more than the cunning Dunmore. Norfolk native Andrew Lawler’s latest book is a lively gathering of ...

When the United States of America was first founded on July 4, 1776, with the signing of the Declaration of Independence, it ...

ShareIn certain circles in Africa including some schools of thought in western countries, it is advised that former colonial ...

In early March 2025, claims emerged that U.S. President Donald Trump asked advisers about moving the original copy of the Declaration of Independence from its permanent exhibit in the National ...

Nearly 50,000 people were executed, with the most common form of punishment being burned at the stake, leading people to assume the same happened in colonial America. While the majority of citizens in ...

For the organizers, legislators and community members at the Colonial, those freedoms are under attack once ... "Almost 250 years ago, the king sailed away in 1776, and I'm here to say the king is not ...