It’s one of the biggest conspiracy theories surrounding the American Revolutionary War ... A Massachusetts Historical Society document reading: “A List of the Names of the Provincials who ...

Historians have debated whether the New Jersey-born wife of a British general was the one who leaked his orders and set the militia into action 250 years ago.

Before the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, exhibitions and events in many states offer a ...

Many of the new artifacts carry the weight of history, but also the freedom stories and intimate histories of the families that long preserved them.

Last month, the Richmond museum opened its exhibition, “Give Me Liberty: Virginia & the Forging of a Nation,” with an array ...

In researching her new book, 'Women of War,' author Suzanne Cope found a whole new side of her grandmother. In an exclusive ...

The Battles of Lexington and Concord, in which 49 American ... years worth of U.S. documents need transcribing (or at least classifying) and the vast majority from the Revolutionary War era ...

Deborah Sampson of Plympton, Massachusetts has an incredible connection to the American Revolution ... the first woman to take a bullet for our country. She fought to defend a document that ...