Britain’s relatively brief occupation of St. Augustine, which ended along with the American Revolution in 1783, has been ...

With the beginning of the 250th celebration of the American Revolution this year, contributions made in New York State were ...

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

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DURHAM, N.C. – Two Duke faculty are among nearly 250 leaders from academia, the arts, industry, policy, research and science ...

Despite recent market turmoil and fears of fading American Exceptionalism, I remain confident in the long-term strength of US ...

Ahead of America’s 250th anniversary, historians are remembering an incident involving gunpowder in Williamsburg that helped ...

See photos captured by Beacon photographers at reenactment's of Paul Reveres' famous midnight ride and the Battle of ...

Two-hundred-and-fifty years ago, on April 19, 1775, British troops faced off against colonial militias in the Massachusetts ...

Tens of thousands of people came to Lexington, Massachusetts, just before dawn on Saturday to witness a reenactment of how ...

A new set of stamps honors five pivotal American Revolution battlefields across the Northeast as the US prepares for its ...

Saturday marks the 250th anniversary of the beginning of the American Revolutionary War with the "shot heard 'round the world" on Lexington Green in Massachusetts on April 19, 1775. The conflict ...