On the 250th anniversary, the WCNC Charlotte Verify team digs deeper into the debates surrounding the holiday.

After peaceful attempts at alliance-building stalled, the Continental Army launched an ill-fated invasion of Quebec in June ...

You probably know about the battles at Lexington, Concord, and Bunker Hill. But the War of Independence also was shaped in ...

On July 4, 1776, the 13 colonies claimed their independence from ... that they are absolved from all allegiance to the British Crown, and that all political connection between them and the ...

A surprise dead-of-night attack helped lead to US independence from the British. Now, a series of events are commemorating ...

1776, the Continental Congress in Philadelphia adopted the Declaration of Independence, marking the American colonies’ decision to declare independence from British rule. In Hawaiʻi ...

The Old Stone House in Park Slope hosted an opening reception on May 2 for its latest site-specific contemporary art ...

Historians have debated whether the New Jersey-born wife of a British general was the one who leaked his orders and set the militia into action 250 years ago.

After the Battles of Lexington and Concord on April 19, 1775, the Massachusetts militia organized into longer-serving ...

From the bravery of the Massachusetts Minutemen to the famous midnight ride of Paul Revere to the very first battle of the Revolutionary War, Massachusetts was a host for several key happenings during ...