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 ...

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

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

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

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

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

Swiss-American settler, explorer, and founder of New Bern, NC.Mary E. Byrd (1849-1943) - Astronomer and educator who was a ...

The proud City of Philadelphia was recently in full celebration of America’s veterans. The array events included the 10th ...

The pilgrims’ Native American allies were invited, and thus, the first Thanksgiving was born. A century later during the ...

Thomas Lewis was the lesser-known brother of Andrew Lewis. Both brothers negotiated a short-lived treaty with the Lenape ...

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 ...