The Oneida Indian Nation’s legacy as America’s First Allies is being recognized by the federal government with the release of ...
A move is afoot to have a historical marker erected in honor of a Pottsville man who was among the first volunteers to serve ...
In December 1777, at the urging of the French minister of war, Baron Frederick Wilhelm von Steuben came to America and ...
A story, years in the making, came to an end for the city of Oak Harbor when a CH-47 Chinook air crew from the Washington ...
This year’s coin will feature Oneida heroine Polly Cooper in recognition of her efforts to bring supplies and food from her Oneida homelands in Upstate New York to General George Washington’s ...
Most Americans might not think of New York State first in context of the American Revolution and independence – Boston, ...
The Metropolitan Museum of Art took an emphatic tone in titling “Revolution!,” an exhibit commemorating a 250th anniversary that I probably need not spell out, and the result is emphatically good. The ...
Local history buffs take pride in momentous years like 1805, when legendary explorers Lewis and Clark first passed by here on their way to the Pacific Ocean, and 1825, when Fort Vancouver was establis ...
Racond, a historian of all things Washington, called the speech the soon-to-be president's "most important" action in ...
The Sons of Liberty strategized at Fraunces Tavern, then George Washington celebrated victory and said farewell to his troops ...
Federal Hall, at Wall and Broad streets, stands at the site where George Washington took the Oath of Office on April 30, 1789, to become the first U.S. president. Presidential, Congressional and Court ...
A journey around Lower Manhattan highlights the roots of Revolution in the nation's first capital, now New York's largest city.