When George Washington goes to heaven in the Gullah Traveling Theater’s telling of the American Revolution, Saint Peter stops him at the pearly gates.

December 1776 - The Storm Before Trenton Washington’s surprise attack in Trenton is as legendary as it was nearly suicidal.

Sitting on the reference stacks at the Charlie Clark Center for Local History at Arlington Central Library are five thick, blue, nearly 50-year-old bound editions. They are the archives of the ...

From Founding Fathers to fireworks, the American Village in Montevallo, Alabama, will get you in true patriotic spirit.

From the beginning of the American experiment, one of its animating principles has been limited government overseen by ...

In 1783, the Revolutionary War was over, George returned home, and became the first president in 1789.” George Washington died in 1799 and Martha died on May 22, 1802.

The White House has used AI to animate Martha Washington’s story in a powerful new video. As the wife and patriot, she recounts her contributions to the Revolutionary War, from supporting soldiers at ...

While their images might not be immortalized on dollar bills or their stories ingrained into every high school syllabus, these lesser-known figures nonetheless played critical roles in the shaping of ...

Christy Emmanuel can trace one family line to 1234. Those who followed are tied to U.S. history and now chronicled in a ...

Amanda C. Isaac, associate curator at George Washington's Mount Vernon, reveals an overlooked side of our nation's precedent-setting first, first lady. Martha Washington's last quilt (1800-02) ...

There were lots of Revolutionary War activities around it. Some recent archaeological exploration has found intact features. This ordinary should be celebrated,” McCartney said.

It’s part of the promise of the New World, that the Western Hemisphere would be, as the American revolutionary Thomas Paine ...