Revolutionary War

The printed version of Henry’s galvanizing speech in a crowded church was about 1,200 words. And yet those seven words have...

An era-appropriate melody plays as photographs move slowly across the screen and a voice reads heartfelt letters written...

Forensics labs need Americans with 18th-century ancestral ties to the states of Maryland, Delaware or North Carolina to come...

In a mere two months, soldiers learned how to load and fire a musket quicker and more efficiently, and were introduced to the...

The Navy's tradition of flying battle flags is as old as America itself. Here's an (incomplete) guide to the service's best...

More than 83,000 pension records from the Revolutionary War require preservation ahead of commemorations of the conflict's...

June 14 should be considered one of the most patriotic days in America. Not only is it Flag Day, celebrating the adoption of...

This new dramatization of Franklin's most important diplomatic magnum opus is based on Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer...

The American Battlefield Trust Book Prize for History is like March Madness for the best books on military history.

Anecdotal evidence and empirical data show that Americans are infatuated with true crime, from cold-case television shows to...