Massachusetts produced many military leaders who played a significant role in the Revolutionary War. Here are five to know.

The First Continental Congress formed in response to the British Parliament's passage of the Intolerable Acts (called the Coercive Acts in England), which aimed to punish Massachusetts for the Boston ...

Gary Trawick reminds us why North Carolina proudly claims itself “First in Freedom” and of the significance of the two dates ...

It was autumn 1774. In British North America and on the island of Great Britain an intellectual, political and legal revolution that was intended to recognize America’s unique status within the realm ...

Toy Story 5 spoilers follow. Toy Story fans will be pleased to discover that the latest movie provides a long-awaited explanation for a huge plot hole within the franchise. The fifth instalment, which ...

Culpeper Tourism and Town Economic Development announced the launch of the "Road to Revolution" Heritage Storytelling Campaign, a regional tourism initiative designed to position Culpeper as a premier ...

That July, future president John Adams and loyalist Jonathan Sewall, each other’s dearest friends, met on what is today the Eastern Prom. The lesson of their meeting on the hill is that democracy ...

There is a moment for every American when she first encounters the Declaration of Independence. For most, it comes to her as scripture — the highest and most sacred text in the nation’s civic religion ...

On the morning of July 29, 1776, more than 1,700 miles southwest of Philadelphia, a Franciscan friar pulled on the blue robes ...