George Washington had Florida on his mind during the American Revolution ― a lot. The Father of the Nation was concerned about a British invasion coming from the South, specifically East and West ...

America’s fight for independence reverberated around the world in significant ways, which University of Maryland history professor Richard Bell explores in his engaging new book, The American ...

David Price never aspired to become a historian, much less a chronicler of the Ten Crucial Days campaign between Dec. 25, ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Russell Shorto has spent decades researching and writing about transformational and turbulent periods in history such as the American Revolution, the Age of Enlightenment, and ...

Gen. Ulysses S. Grant embraced Gen. Robert E. Lee’s surrender at Appomattox, but it was Gen. William T. Sherman and his destruction of Atlanta — and subsequent march through Georgia — that paved the ...

Crawford’s book, “This Fierce People: The Untold Story of the American Revolution in the South,” is this year’s featured book ...