The Declaration of Independence contained within it a revolutionary idea so powerful that it launched the democratic era and ...

V isitors walking Boston’s Freedom Trail pass familiar landmarks — Beacon Hill, the Old North Church, King’s Chapel, and the ...

The case begins to fully take shape in the “Path to Revolution” section, when Britain tries to make the colonies pay for imperial wars through the Sugar Act, Stamp Act, and Townshend Duties, and ...

GUNBOAT IMPERIALISM so thrills President Donald Trump, he ought to start wearing mutton-chop whiskers, a frock-coat and a ...

The American Revolution succeeded in independence from Britain but for Native people, the war resulted in displacement from their homelands and an expansion of encroachment.

In celebration of the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, the Franklin chapter of the National Sojourners, in partnership with Johnson County Masonic Association, will ...

Reenactors in 18th-century military coats and tricorn hats filled the pews of one of the nation’s oldest Catholic Churches on ...

The entire Trumpian policy of the day, riding high on the MAGA bandwagon, is all about rejigging the world order again in favour of America ...

The Trump administration will temporarily display a statue taken down in Delaware years ago of a slave owner who signed the Declaration of Independence as part of the celebrations commemorating the U.

Empty Buildings Congratulations to Lane County for purchasing the old Wells Fargo building instead of building a new office building. Perhaps there are other office buildings in Eugene that are ...

Thousands poured down the Great Wagon Road, eager to start a new life in North America’s interior. Tensions were rising between England and the colonies, but new arrivals and American-born colonists ...

The British evacuated Boston in 120 vessels, taking with them some 1,100 loyalists. The retreat represented the end of a ...