In Laurie Halse Anderson’s novel for young readers, a girl in Boston must survive a dangerous smallpox epidemic—and ...

Before the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, exhibitions and events in many states offer a ...

The BBC's Katty Kay speaks with Pulitzer Prize-winning author and historian Rick Atkinson as America marks 250 years since ...

Inside the steeple of Old North Church and among the Southern Colonies, less familiar stories of the events from 250 years ...

Historians have debated whether the New Jersey-born wife of a British general was the one who leaked his orders and set the ...

The Museum of Printing is celebrating the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution. An 18th-century English Common Press ...

The story is well known. Battles between members of colonial militias and British soldiers broke out in the towns of ...