Pierre L'Enfant was a lowly French engineer when he met George Washington at Valley Forge. Washington recruited him to make the design for the nation's new capital city. L'Enfant made the plans, but ...

Ten documents from the nation’s founding era are leaving their home at the National Archives in D.C. and hitting the skies ...

John Ish was born in 1754. Some sites say he was born in the colonies; the Daughters of the American Revolution list his ...

The plane, organized by the National Archives, will take rare 18th-century documents around the country in a tour loosely ...

These cartoons about history are great for parents to watch with their kids to explore history in a factual, fun, and ...

As part of the 250th festivities, the Freedom Plane will be zooming around the U.S. to take at least 10 documents to eight ...

Seattle's Museum of History & Industry is one of just eight museums nationwide to display these documents, in celebration of ...

From the American Freedom Train and a Bicentennial Wagon Train to stars and stripes and everything red, white and blue.

Featuring Denmark's King Frederik X, Ronald Lauder, Jonas Gahr Støre, Ken Howery, and Alice Weidel.

250 years ago, Henry Knox transported 60 tons of heavy artillery through 300 miles of ice and snow to Boston—winning General George Washington control of that city.

While George Washington’s army waged war against Britain, Yellow Springs Hospital fought a deadlier enemy: contagious disease.

On this edition of Jukebox Journey, Kevin serves up a modern score for the story of how General George Washington’s troops endured the long, cold winter of 1778 in Valley Forge and emerged poised to ...