Congress voted to make one of the grand monuments in Lafayette Square across from the White House an ode to Baron Friedrich ...

Documentarian Ken Burns and his team discuss their new series exploring the country’s founding and war for independence on ...

Alexandria — After securing American independence, many of General Washington’s staff from the Continental Army ... Camp, Col. John Fitzgerald, who served with him throughout the Revolutionary ...

On March 10, an anonymous address circulated the camp at Newburgh ... the conclusion of the Revolutionary War in 1783. When Congress ordered the last Continental Army to disband and its remaining ...

You hear people talk about sources in the news. I believe most of us want to use accurate sources when learning something. I ...

Holidays span cultures and time, and sometimes even lie in religious or secular commemorations. As they allow families to ...

Foreign military officers referred to the American military as “speckled,” owing to the diverse racial makeup of its troops.

Military victories were essential in helping America win its independence from Britain. Early successes gave the Patriots ...

On the 250th anniversary of Bunker Hill, it’s worth revisiting the horrors and anxieties of the conflict that birthed America ...

On June 14, 1775, the Continental Congress voted to replace the colonies' part-time militias with a full-time army – and ...

At the Camp William Penn Museum in Cheltenham, thousands of Black Civil War soldiers are remembered for their contributions ...