Even George Washington and Abraham Lincoln ... adopted the final wording of the Declaration of Independence. It was a risky move. If America had lost the war, these men could have ended up being ...

On April 26, 1777, during the Revolutionary War, a large British raiding party attacked the American supply depot at Danbury, ...

In Alabama, Washington shares the spotlight with friend-turned-rival Thomas Jefferson, the nation's third president and ...

Although 1776 was the pivotal year that saw the nation declare its independence ... On Christmas night in 1776, Gen. George Washington led his troops across the icy Delaware River, braving ...

History doesn’t think less of presidents like John Adams, James Madison and George H.W. Bush for having their picks turned down, but if Hegseth fails, or does real damage, then Trump (and the ...

In 1825 Canandaigua, the “Nation’s Guest” — Marquis de Lafayette, a French military officer and nobleman who helped in the fight for American independence a half century before — was ...

After arriving from Ireland as an indentured servant, George Taylor called the Lehigh Valley region home for most of his life ...

WASHINGTON — Forty years ago ... the Bill of Rights, the Declaration of Independence and the Pledge of Allegiance, as well as a handwritten chorus of the famous Greenwood song.

“Only in D.C. can you see the actual Declaration of Independence ... to revamp the Sylvan Theater at the base of the Washington Monument as well as Constitution Gardens and a memorial to ...

On July 4, 1776, the 13 colonies claimed their independence ... George can read that without spectacles!" Today, the original copy of the Declaration is housed in the National Archives in ...