Four years of digging for artifacts in the Ligonier area have shed new light on a little-known “friendly fire” incident in ...

At Fort Ligonier on Friday, excitement was in the air as it unveiled a new exhibit and talked about the ongoing archaeological work surrounding what is called George Washington's "friendly fire ...

He concluded, he later wrote, that the troops were “ exceeding dirty & nasty people ” led by indifferent officers with an “ ...

General and President George Washington was a man of the 18th century in great ways and bad, as he led the colonies to victory while also owning (and likely bedding) enslaved women. Courtesy of ...

When George Washington, from Virginia, arrived in Cambridge 250 years ago, one of the first things he did was talk to his ...

If I ever want to get a bridge named after me, I need to contribute to national unity. I’m more or less incapable of uniting anything more complex than peanut butter and jelly. This makes the job ...

This President’s Day, remember what George Washington can teach us — and Trump Long Island home built by a Revolutionary War soldier lists for $1.24M — see how it was lovingly restored ...

John Glover, Christmas hero of American Revolution, rowed George Washington across the Delaware — here's his amazing story Gen. John Glover, a Massachusetts mariner, was head of a regiment of ...

Documentarian Ken Burns and his team discuss their new series exploring the country’s founding and war for independence on this 250th anniversary.

General George Washington gave a final goodbye to his soldiers at the close of the Revolutionary War on this day in history, Dec. 4, 1783, at the historic Lower Manhattan tavern.

William Thompson, a man rarely if ever mentioned in American history books, became the first commissioned colonel in ...

On July 9, 1776, General George Washington amassed his soldiers in New York City. They would soon face one of the largest amphibious invasions yet seen. If the British took the city, they’d ...