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 ...

William Thompson deserves plaudits as one of many whose early service led to the signing of the Declaration of Independence ...

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

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 ...

Rich Patterson's dad, Henry Patterson, served in the Navy during WWII. Rich and his wife, Marion, drove to the Rock Island ...

I wanted to go in the middle of winter and walk the whole park on foot to relive the Continental Army’s experience. We know the story: how the soldiers marched from Trenton to Princeton, how they took ...

With the country’s 250th birthday less than a year away, here are Revolutionary War and other historical sites within driving ...

Valley Forge National Historical Park might be the most underappreciated 3,500 acres in Pennsylvania – a place where you can literally walk through the pages of American history while also getting ...

The former California governor is the latest to recognize that the most remarkable thing about the first president was not ...

The suspects are accused of stockpiling an extensive arsenal and conducting military-style training while building an ...

With one of the nation’s most famous immigrants watching, more than 100 people from 95 countries took the oath of allegiance ...