Over the years, I have written a number of posts and articles on the American Revolution and the ideals of the Declaration of Independence.. Some have obvious continuing relevance to such issues as ...

Author who researched Washington through letters and diaries says cultural ignorance of founding era is scandalous and scary.

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (TENNESSEE VALLEY LIVING) - It is a document that changed the course of American history and led it’s framers and the nation to independence. But, there is a lot of history that we ...

I just finished Ken Burns' documentary series, "The American Revolution," and I have to agree with his assessment that our ...

A historic copy of the Declaration of Independence will be on display at the Museum of the American Revolution as part of a new exhibit the opens this fall. The poster-sized copy of the Declaration, ...

Talks, performances and rare artifacts explore how Martin Luther King Jr. engaged with America’s founding document.

A new Ken Burns documentary highlights Rhode Island's significant contributions to the American Revolution. Key figures like ...

The turn of the calendar is more than a ritual. It’s a reminder that democracy is not self sustaining, not guaranteed, and ...

Today, July 4, marks the 249 th birthday of the United States of America. That puts America 365 days from the big 250, a pretty good run for something as temporary-sounding as the “American Experiment ...

Guest Opinion. “Rockin’ and a rollin’, splishin’ and a splashin’, over the horizon, what can it be – a free country.” This was the little tune I learned from Schoolhouse Rock when I was a kid watching ...

Ken Burn's "American Revolution" documentary shows that war had profound implications for humanity, notion of equality of all ...

George Washington Crosses the Delaware. Famous Revolutionary War painting by Emanuel Leutze (1851). (NA) Over the years, I have written a number of posts on the American Revolution and the ideals of ...