As the U.S. prepares to celebrate its 250th anniversary, Ken Burns is releasing a deep look into the fight for American ...

The documentarian will hold a live talk at Seattle's McCaw Hall on July 14, during which a sneak preview of the documentary ...

The musical sights and sounds of the American Revolution have been on display recently with the new Marietta Chapter Sons of ...

Jefferson, who has been called “the apostle of liberty,” delivered some of the most impassioned criticisms of slavery in the ...

Vague phrasing in the state’s Revolutionary-era Constitution enfranchised women who met specific property requirements. A ...

The Healey-Driscoll Administration has announced $2 million to 59 organizations across Massachusetts to support initiatives and events that commemorate the 250th anniversary of the American ...

Concord unleashed to the world America's musical contributions, which sprang from our universal appeal as a nation.

Ahead of America’s 250th birthday, one local historic site broke ground on a restoration project in hopes of keeping its history alive. The Benjamin Cooper Tavern ...

William Thompson, a man rarely if ever mentioned in American history books, became the first commissioned colonel in the ...

Burns — whose upcoming film "The American Revolution" is expected to air on PBS on Nov. 16 — also reflected on some of the "complicated stories" in America's short history.

Yet, as historians broadly agree, it was escalating martial law in Boston under different legislation, the Coercive Acts of 1774, that transformed American resistance into full-scale revolution.

Uranus has entered Gemini for the first time in 84 years, and astrologers and social media users are panicking about this transition, believing that it could herald turbulent times.