Read if you like: “North Woods,” by Daniel Mason; “South to America,” by Imani Perry; “Salt,” by the Golden Bough Available ...

Charles Wissinger has been doing living history presentations since 2003. This Sunday, July 13, he'll take on the role of the ...

The “big ugly bill” has now been signed into law. J. D. Vance, also known as “Mini-Me” cast the vote to break the tie, ...

Lafayette has come to Lafayette. Marquis de Lafayette, the honorary patriot who fought in the Revolutionary War, makes his ...

After years of escalating tension between his majesty George III’s government and American colonial leaders, a Revolutionary War had begun in April 1775. More provocations and tension followed. By the ...

It would be a slow weekend of horse racing but for the start of Saratoga's iconic summer gathering and the July meeting at ...

Friday marked the 249th birthday of the United States of America. On July 4, 1776, the Second Continental Congress ratified a document declaring that thirteen British colonies in North America ...

Of the 13 colonies, nine voted in favor of the Declaration, two -- Pennsylvania and South Carolina -- voted No, Delaware was undecided and New York abstained.

The Fourth of July holiday celebrates community, national and also local. Parades featuring people in uniform — scouts, ...

The artist has lately been derided as a colonizer and a pedophile, the creep of the Post-Impressionists. A new book ...

In 1865, Congress passes the 13th Amendment. The war ends, Lincoln is assassinated and the states ratify the amendment later ...

More than 1400 take part in this year's Revolutionary Run followed by a step back in time at Washington Crossing Historic ...