Benedict Arnold was born in 1741 in Norwich, Connecticut, into a family with a proud name but declining fortunes. His father ...

Before George Washington, eight other 'presidents' led the U.S. under the Articles of Confederation. Here's the forgotten ...

What is the value of personal freedom if it comes with strings attached? Strings that permit the very government we have hired to protect our freedoms — in Jefferson’s words, to secure them — slowly ...

The Revolutionary War was about many things — self-governance being at the core — but a major driver was access to land. The British restricted colonists’ migration westward across the Appalachian ...

More than two dozen Philadelphia high school students and teachers have been selected as delegates to the inaugural Young Philadelphians’ Continental Congress, a new American history and civics progra ...

Like the monument standing in the U.S. capital that bears his name, George Washington’s place in American history is towering ...

Freedom has more often been lost in small steps by progressive incrementalism, than it has been by catastrophic upheavals such as violence or war.” — James Madison (1751-1836) Last week, the U.S.

Few passersby stop to look at the tarnished, old plaque the Society of Professional Journalists placed on the building 50 ...

As the British Red Coats retreated through Lexington on April 19, 1775, after the Battle of Lexington and Concord, two men, ...

Following the December raid on Fort William and Mary in 1774, New Hampshire’s Royal Governor, John Wentworth, became increasingly concerned about political protests. He grew more anxious after shots ...

It’s been 75 years since presidents have been prohibited from serving more than two terms. Restrictions on members of ...

Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, a prominent American civil rights leader who worked closely with Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and continued his work after his death.