The life, ideas and continuing relevance of Thomas Paine, author of the revolutionary pamphlet Common Sense, is the focus of ...

This year marks the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. A display of the American Revolution ...

American Revolution history often gets packed into clean little stories. That makes it easy to remember, but not always ...

Most Philadelphians don’t feel that the revolutionary battles outweigh what happened inside the walls of Independence Hall.

Americans have long imagined that they set off a global age of revolt. Seen within the era’s wider wars of empire, the story looks rather different.

The ironies abound. As the United States looks forward to the 250th anniversary of American independence, the sitting president is pictured wearing a crown and describing himself as a king, apparently ...

A British ban stripped thousands of skilled mariners of their livelihoods overnight – and gave Washington a chance to turn ...

Documentary maker Ken Burns doesn’t think today’s polarized politics are anything new, especially for a country that, as he sees it, already had two civil wars — the American Revolution of 1776 and ...

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez claimed the American Revolution was against the "billionaires of their time," drawing sharp criticism from conservatives.

I READ in the Times not long ago that the Daughters of the American Revolution are trying to find out what sort of stuff the schoolchildren of Connecticut are reading in their textbooks. As one who ...

A new Boston museum exhibit examines the American Revolution from the perspective of enslaved and free Black people. Black ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Students from Jefferson and Douglas County schools dressed up and acted the part of American Revolutionary and British soldiers, along with their allies on ...