On June 29, 1776, British ships appeared off New York as Virginia adopted a constitution and Americans fought to save powder off New Jersey.
Today is the anniversary of a fire that destroyed 20% of New York City, on Sept. 21, 1776. You’ve probably never heard of this fire, which is what the Founding Fathers intended. The Great New York ...
Explore some of the people and places in NYC and the Hudson Valley related to our country’s origins in a war that created our ...
New York City played a pivotal role in the American Revolution. This museum brings the city's 18th-century history to life ...
Our very own history editor, Benjamin Waldman, happened across these mysterious vaults in Van Cortlandt Park dating from New York City’s colonial era. While researching the history of the Bronx, he ...
Sure, we know things are different than they were 250 years ago ... but wait till you see how different in a head-to-head ...
Despite the efforts of the Gotham Center for New York City History and the Lower Manhattan Historical Association, the Empire ...
In a letter to George Washington in January 1776, John Adams declared that New York “is the Nexus of the Northern and Southern colonies, a Kind of Key to the whole Continent, as it is a Passage to ...
The New York Historical’s expansive Tang Wing highlights the role of protest for America’s 250th anniversary.