Family lore has it that Irving got into some sort of heated disagreement with Cornelius, and got revenge by bestowing the Van ...

The Museum of the American Revolution is hosting a special exhibit for America's 250th anniversary. "The Declaration's Journey" chronicles the document's impact in the US and around the world. The ...

Perhaps the least commented upon feature of the dystopian Trump banners adorning parts of Washington D.C. is the red, white, ...

The anger that fueled the Arab Spring is now boiling over in Europe. Could club-wielding protesters be in America’s future, or is the U.S. too incurably optimistic for large-scale political revolt?

In his new book, “Rage and the Republic: The Unfinished Story of the American Revolution,” Professor Turley explores the meaning and future of democracy on the American Revolution’s 250th anniversary.

The American Revolution offers countless remarkable stories of ordinary citizens doing extraordinary things—from the call for independence in 1776 Philadelphia to the improbable surrender at Yorktown ...

But perhaps the true revolution was not about dumping tea and dodging taxes—it was about dumping hierarchy. The real break with Britain was more moral than material, argues economist and historian ...

An estimated 6,800 Americans were killed in action, and 17,000 more combatants died from diseases like typhus, typhoid, dysentery, and influenza. The British suffered 24,000 casualties from the war, ...