It was in 1776, with the Declaration of ­Independence, that the 13 original American colonies broke away from Britain. Now, the 47th president of the United States is reported to be seriously ...

Britain’s George III has gotten a bad rap. He was not the all-powerful monarch that President Trump allegedly aspires to be.

Through intimidation, extortion and vague unkeepable promises of destroying our wasteful bureaucracy, President “clean-up-the ...

The phrase “Give me liberty or give me death!” has been expressed by protesters from the 1989 Tiananmen Square uprising in China to those who opposed COVID-19 restrictions in the U.S. in 2020.

We spoke with Laurie Halse Anderson, recipient of the 2023 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, about her new middle grade novel, ...

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Historians have hindsight when they look into the past; journalists have the facts on the ground and context to help them ...

You know about the leprechauns and the Irish and the pot of gold, but did you know that St. Patrick's Day has another ...

Reports in the British press indicate an offer could be made by the monarch when Trump makes a state visit to the UK later ...

On Jan. 24, 1776, Henry Knox, a bold, portly bookseller and former Bostonian, solved the first problem. Having seized Fort Ticonderoga, in upstate New York, he and his men dragged the garrison’s ...

President Trump says the idea of America joining the 56-member association ‘sounds good.’ President Trump is apparently a fan ...

David Schmidt is a producer and co-director with Ken Burns and Sarah Botstein of “The American Revolution,” which is ...