As the U.S. celebrates its 250th anniversary, NPCA highlights a few of the women who influenced the success of the patriot ...

The Museum of the American Revolution is hosting a special exhibit for America's 250th anniversary. "The Declaration's Journey" chronicles the document's impact in the US and around the world. The ...

ELEUTHERA, Bahamas-On March 3, 1776 - 250 years ago next week - Commodore Esek Hopkins of the new U.S. Continental Navy ...

Congress formally adopted the Declaration of Independence on the afternoon of July 4, 1776. What happened next? A little-known sequence of events tells the story. It speaks volumes about the ...

"From a small spark kindled in America, a flame has arisen. Not to be extinguished." Cultural historian and filmmaker Ken Burns has delighted audiences with in-depth documentaries about American life.

A historic copy of the Declaration of Independence will be on display at the Museum of the American Revolution as part of a new exhibit the opens this fall. The poster-sized copy of the Declaration, ...

This week we’re taking a deep dive into the American Revolution. As the birthplace of the Revolution, Massachusetts is at the center of a national movement to acknowledge this historic moment. Check ...

An unemployed Prussian drillmaster named Baron von Steuben clutches his (largely fabricated) letters of recommendation as he awaits a job interview in Pennsylvania. Molly Brant, a Haudenosaunee ...

In mentioning Ken Burns' upcoming The American Revolution to casual observers, the most frequent response has been a variation on: "Wait. Hasn't he done that already?" The short answer is "No." The ...

An Ulster connection to the American Declaration of Independence has been commemorated in a new stamp. John Dunlap, who was born in Strabane, County Tyrone, in 1747, printed the first broadside copies ...

THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, a new six-part, 12-hour documentary directed by Ken Burns, Sarah Botstein and David Schmidt examines how America’s founding turned the world upside-down. Thirteen British ...