The first true commander-in-chief of the armed forces to lead the Revolutionary War was not, as many believe, George ...

How a public health crisis nearly derailed the American Revolution. George Washington confronted a smallpox epidemic with a belief in science—and a controversial plan.

The First Continental Congress, 1774 is a mural at Great Experiment Hall, ... By the fall of 1784, the whole U.S. Army was one regiment, consisting of eight infantry and two artillery companies.

Every day in my previous life I would duck into the basement of the U.S. Capitol to anxiously await a freshly bound copy of the Congressional Record, the daily chronicle of legislative proceedings ...

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

NUMSA 10 TH NATIONAL CONGRESS. 12 – 15 DECEMBER 2016. CAPE TOWN. CONGRESS DECLARATION. Building Strong, Vibrant and Politically Conscious Workplaces! 1. Numsa’s 10 th National Congress, held from ...

The Revolutionary War artifacts tell the story of what General Cornwallis tried to destroy forever—but couldn’t erase.

The actor who became famous as Luke Skywalker now plays a math-obsessed grandfather in “The Life of Chuck.” At MoMath, he studied fractals and rode a square-wheeled tricycle ...

Jeb Williams, Game and Fish Department director, announced the appointment of Casey Anderson to the agency’s deputy director ...

Texas elections may have often been one-sided, but no one could ever say they were not colorful. Texas’ second governor, George T. Wood, declared in 1849 during his campaign that Texas “was prepared ...

Elections in Texas have tended to be animated affairs, despite the fact that Texas has a habit of being a one-party state; ...