The Continental Congress’s success in negotiating a military alliance with France was pivotal to the colonies’ successful ...

Hike the trails at the site of a former ironworks that molded Nathanael Greene into a skillful general in the fight for ...

New evidence helps resolve enduring mysteries about a 1758 incident that nearly cost the future president his life—and shaped his views on the battles yet to come As a 26-year-old colonel, Washington ...

Janet Livingston, wife of American Revolutionary War General Richard Montgomery, was a descendant of the Livingston family of New York, which traces its lineage to the Scottish minister Rev John ...

Knox had joined the American Revolution earlier in 1775 and quickly impressed Washington, who sent him on a daring and dangerous mission ...

The Senate passed a bipartisan spending package to fund most of the government and keep the Department of Homeland Security running for two weeks while Democrats and President Trump negotiate ...

Most Americans might not think of New York State first in context of the American Revolution and independence – Boston, ...

Revolutionary war cannons, militia men and animals will all be present in Sturbridge and Worcester this weekend for the two ...

The United States Mint will be featuring an Oneida Indian Nation woman in a new coin to celebrate important contributions by ...

When George Washington’s army abandoned Fort Lee in November 1776, British forces under Cornwallis were in relentless pursuit. It was far from a thrilling Hollywood chase. In his dispatch to Congress, ...

At his headquarters, Gen. George Washington convened a council of war. Present were John Adams, a Massachusetts delegate to the Second Continental Congress and an outspoken advocate of independence, ...

This year marks 250 years since our country's founding on July 4, 1776. And in honor of the nation's semiquincentennial, KDKA-TV has embarked on a weekly series of stories that look to not only tell ...