We celebrate the 1773 Boston Tea Party and ignore the extraordinary 1773 petition for freedom of an enslaved man to the ...

Legendary documentary film director Ken Burns this week said South Carolina was one of two violent colonies where it would ...

Inside the steeple of Old North Church and among the Southern Colonies, less familiar stories of the events from 250 years ...

What if arrest without trial transforms our democracy into a monarchy? What if this happens right before our eyes? What do we do about it?

But with the American Revolution, which began 250 years ago this month, it can be harder to appreciate the life-and-death stakes in the colonists' fight for freedom. What did it feel like in ...

The American Freedom Train was a tremendous success ... John Warner, who headed up the congressionally created American Revolution Bicentennial Administration, said the train was “the most ...

The American Revolution was a world-changing event ... in spite of the First Amendment guaranteeing freedom of the press and speech, scores of people were being jailed for criticizing the ...

"That bridge got repaired after the American Revolution. When it was repaired ... So it shows you sort of the arc that bridge symbolizes freedom," Palumbo said. The hands of enslaved men helped ...

Massachusetts residents initiated the American Revolution 250 years ago ... defined our nation’s fight for democracy and legacy of freedom. Now, we’re leading America’s commemoration ...

When it comes to song, Scott said she was deeply moved by the Civil Rights Freedom singers and the role that collective ... For the first two songs, Scott started with a song about the revolution and ...