The following is an installment of “On This Day,” a series celebrating America’s 250th anniversary by following the actions ...

The National Park Service and US National Archives and Records Administration are calling on Americans to help reveal the untold stories of the United States’ first veterans to commemorate the ...

Maybe Harrisburg’s connections to the Revolutionary War aren’t obvious. No battles raged here. No signers of the Declaration of Independence hailed from here. No one tossed tea into the Susquehanna.

It’s not uncommon for visitors to Charleston to revel in one history when it really might be richer to absorb another. Too many forget the critical national importance of Charleston and the Carolinas ...

Ken Burns has produced a documentary about the Revolutionary War that sets a new standard for historical documentaries. This has been said of Burns before, at least since “The Civil War” premiered in ...

Ken Burns on America's origin story: "The most important event since the birth of Christ" The documentary filmmaker, long a chronicler of the American experience, talks about his latest film for PBS, ...

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WRBL) — Revolutionary War soldier, Samuel Cooper, was honored by community members and the boy scouts in Columbus in light of Independence Day. Cooper Creek and Cooper Creek Park both ...