In response to this 18th-century vandalism/terrorism/coercion, the British government introduced a series of punitive measures under the Coercive Acts including dissolving the colonial assembly, ...

Community celebrations being planned to commemorate the nation’s 250th anniversary next year are at risk of being ...

Inside the steeple of Old North Church and among the Southern Colonies, less familiar stories of the events from 250 years ...

It is in this red-brick, Georgian-style building that the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution were debated, drafted and signed by our forefathers, and those who visit Independence ...

John Hancock, President of the Continental Congress, signed the Declaration of Independence. It is said that John Hancock's signed his name "with a great flourish" so England's "King George can ...

Longfellow's poem on Paul Revere highlights revolutionary spirit; actual events reveal collective citizen action against ...

(He never signed Magna Carta ... When the colonies overthrew British rule altogether, the Declaration of Independence condemned George III for obstructing the administration of justice ...

Saturday is 250th anniversary of the battles of Lexington and Concord. Fort Stanwix, in Rome, stands as a reminder of their ...

Jeff Ficek returns to The Dickinson Press with the second installment of “The Spirit of ’76,” a three-part series on ...

The American semiquincentennial begins now, marking the 250th anniversary of this country’s founding. Like the bicentennial ...