Why would a Revolutionary War fort exist in Ohio? The state didn't exist as a political entity until after the turn of the 18th Century. And construction on the fort itself wasn't even begun on the ...

Nevertheless, it’s an enlightening read in light of how dramatically war has changed in the last two-and-a-half centuries.

In honor of the U.S. Semiquincentennial, a recent poll asked Americans what the United States has done best since declaring ...

A tour of the technology that banking has run on, dating back to Franklin's anti-counterfeit measures and the bank-note bulletin that preceded American Banker.

Nineteenth-century Indiana passed some of the country’s toughest “blue laws” to protect Sunday’s rest and worship from ...

As the nation prepares to celebrate the 250th anniversary of American independence, an Aiken family has uncovered a piece of ...

Situated between New York and Philadelphia, Morristown's strategic location played a key role in the American Revolution.

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The American Independence Center houses pieces of history that tell the story of the early days of the United States.

We fact-checked the president’s colorful — and inaccurate — accounts of American history from the Battle of Gettysburg to the ...

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The 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States brings a bounty of books assessing the period’s ideals and figures ...