The United States came out of the Revolutionary War victorious. But building a new nation was very different from fighting a war.

More than 83,000 pension records from the Revolutionary War require preservation ahead of commemorations of the conflict's 250th anniversary in 2026. How many times did David Beach apply for his ...

Louee explains common insults used during the American Revolutionary War: supporters of independence and loyalists traded labels — “Tories” and “Whigs” — British soldiers were called “lobsterbacks,” ...

The Revolutionary War was America’s first true military test. The Boston Tea Party helped start the Revolutionary War. George Washington was the first Continental Army General and later became ...

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 ...

On June 13, 1775, runaway horses smashed the carriage ferrying Faith Trumbull Huntington, her husband, and other members of her family to what is now Roxbury, where her brother John was stationed with ...

Deborah Sampson disguised herself as male soldier Robert Shurtleff to enlist in the Continental Army's Fourth Massachusetts Regiment in 1782. These historical portraits illustrate her dual identity ...

South Carolina’s new license plate, now one of two default options in the state, features a simple slogan: “Where the Revolutionary War Was Won.” The change, part of the state’s celebration of the ...

Welcome to Lit Trivia, the Book Review’s regular quiz about books, authors and literary culture. This week’s installment tests your knowledge of the American Revolution and popular books written about ...

LONDON — “Mad” King George III — the villain of “Hamilton,” “Schoolhouse Rock” and the Revolutionary War — has undergone a makeover in time for America’s 250th birthday. He’s been known in the United ...

Documentary maker Ken Burns doesn’t think today’s polarized politics are anything new, especially for a country that, as he sees it, already had two civil wars — the American Revolution of 1776 and ...

America turns 250 this summer, and if you are standing in New Jersey, you are standing on the most contested soil of the War for Independence. Situated as a vital corridor between the British ...