The First Continental Congress formed in response to the British Parliament's passage of the Intolerable Acts (called the Coercive Acts in England), which aimed to punish Massachusetts for the ...

The Fort Gower Resolves, signed by soldiers in November 250 years ago, was one of the first documents to express support for American independence.

Carpenters’ Hall has been celebrating the 250th anniversary of the First Continental Congress, with its eye on 2026, too.

Bald eagle lovers are flying high as Congress heads into its lame-duck session, with the potential of House action on a bill ...

Nearly two and a half centuries since its founding, the Marine Corps remains essential and ready for the future, its ...

The second annual Yorktown Tea Festival takes place Nov. 6 through 8 at various locations in Historic Yorktown. Guests will ...

Bald eagle lovers are flying high with the potential of House action to officially designate the bald eagle as the U.S.

In 1774, the Declarations and Resolves of the First Continental Congress proclaimed that the colonists “have a right peaceably to assemble, consider of their grievances, and petition the King ...

Sunday marks the 249th birthday of the United States Marine Corps, and veterans in Utah have been celebrating.

We are the first nation on earth to resolutely state that our military will be and must be subordinate to a democratically elected civilian. The armed forces of the United States began June 1775, when ...

Five of the original six members of New Jersey’s congressional delegation in 1789 were veterans of the American War of ...

The First Continental Congress formed in response to the British Parliament's passage of the Intolerable Acts (called the Coercive Acts in England), which aimed to punish Massachusetts for the ...