While John Adams called for a declaration of independence in the Continental Congress, a down-on-his-luck Englishman named Thomas Paine sounded the clarion call for revolution in January 1776 ...

The British during the American Revolution had occupied New York Harbor with a force of some 400 ships stationed off Staten ...

That’s a legacy worth recalling this July 4. Ten years before the American Revolution, Charles Pratt, the chief justice of Common Pleas in Great Britain, took to the floor of the House of Lords ...

In 1776, the British hanged American Revolutionary War hero and patriot Nathan Hale. His famous last words were, "I only ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- The annual reenactment of the 1776 failed peace conference was held at the Conference House Saturday ...

American officer Benedict Arnold met in secret with British Major John Andre on Sept. 21, 1780, with a plot to trade the American stronghold at West Point for cash amid the American Revolution.

The part Poles played in the Revolutionary War illuminates an urgent lesson about the meaning of freedom today.

The Battle Born Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution is a women's volunteer service organization, promoting Patriotism, Education and Historic Preservation.

From the first roll of a snare drum to the Liberty Bell sounding the final signature on the Declaration, the Marriott Theatre ...

The Comitia Americana series memorializes some of the pivotal moments of the American Revolutionary War. The series was created between 1776 and the early 19th century almost exclusively by French ...

While John Adams called for a declaration of independence in the Continental Congress, a down-on-his-luck Englishman named Thomas Paine sounded the clarion call for revolution in January 1776 ...