On National Former Prisoner of War Recognition Day, a new marker was placed on a family monument at Union Cemetery to honor Elizabeth (Dunkin) Porter – a woman whose sacrifice helped shape America’s ...

Ken Burns will host a preview of his upcoming "American Revolution" series at Symphony Hall, with clips of the film and ...

Seward had been stabbed in the face and neck with a Bowie knife by another conspirator, Lewis Powell. In a near miraculous ...

April 9, the day that the American Civil War ended in 1865, should be a national holiday celebrating the defeat of the Confederacy, the end of slavery, and the triumph of liberty.

Isaiah Thomas, a revolutionary patriot and printer of the radical Boston newspaper, The Massachusetts Spy, snuck his printing ...

LINCOLN — It’s a raw, gray, cold morning in the tall woods of Lincoln, and the British are coming. Dozens of them, clad in ...

I f seeing a musket turn a nice, ripe honeydew into fruit salad at 60 yards is your idea of fun, “Revolutionary War Weapons” ...

There is a direct line in Central America stretching back more than a century from US-backed military intervention, to ...

Premieres Wednesday, April 9, 2025 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS app + Encores Sunday, April 13 at 2 p.m. on KPBS TV and 9 p.m. on KPBS 2. How did a ragtag army defeat the most powerful army in the world ...

This week, the show travels back to the American Revolution to explore the science of the weapons used by all sides.

While Charleston & Cowpens were crucial sites during the American Revolution, S.C.'s Midlands also saw some action. Here's a ...

Lectures focus on Bergen County's role in the founding of the United States as part of the festivities commemorating the ...