A teenager in Lexington, Mass., has for years been teaching people about the battle that started the war 250 years ago this ...

As the 250th anniversary of America’s independence approaches, the president is moving to put his stamp on how the nation’s ...

Award-winning documentary-maker Ken Burns tells Katty Kay about his unique approach to chronicling history, from the Civil ...

It’s one of the biggest conspiracy theories surrounding the American Revolutionary War. The most famous midnight ride in American history occurred 250 years ago Friday when Sons of Liberty members ...

An American Indian-led performing arts group is partnering with the Haskell Foundation and Haskell Indian Nations University ...

The authors are writing in response to the Trump administration's criticism of a “widespread effort to rewrite history” with the goal to create “societal divides.” ...

While disaster can strike at any time, an unusual number of tragic events seem to take place on a few inauspicious days in April. Eerie coincidence?

On April 15, 1912, the British ocean liner Titanic sank in the North Atlantic during its maiden voyage from Southampton to New York City, killing over 1,500 passengers and crew members. Also, on this ...

However, I’ve observed that we don’t always learn from historical events, be they in geopolitics, our personal lives or our ...

On April 8, 2009, the US-flagged cargo ship Maersk Alabama was hijacked while it was passing along the coast of Somalia. The ...

Schools have long overlooked important aspects of African American history, said Bryan Stevenson ... The museum not only highlights tragic events, but the joys and culture of the African American ...

This April, at the National Museum of American History, we’re celebrating Jazz ... by the museum as a celebration of jazz as both a historical and living American art form.