CONCORD, N.H. — In the American Revolution, Granite Staters had to pick a side. Their decisions led to vastly divergent fates ...

When we picture the American Revolution, names like George Washington or Benjamin Franklin often dominate the narrative. But ...

The Battle of Brandywine was fought between the American army of General George Washington and the British army of General ...

While much of Virginia was angry with Britain, John Connolly was busy using force against Pennsylvania’s land claims. When war came, he sided with the British and wound up in custody.

On Nov. 19, 1863, then-President Abraham Lincoln delivered a powerful 272-word speech, later known as the Gettysburg Address, ...

In Ken Burns’s newest documentary, the war for independence was also a civil war. Amid a bitter fight over history, its ...