Colonial borders still shape today’s global conflicts. Drawn without consent, these lines continue to fuel wars, identity ...

As the U.S. prepares to celebrate its 250th anniversary, Ken Burns is releasing a deep look into the fight for American ...

The sheikhs in Hebron have pre-empted Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas by pursuing peace with Israel, while putting a nail in the coffin of post-colonial regional boundaries.The post The al-Jabari cla ...

By the 1700s, discontent had boiled over. Britain taxed the colonies for sugar, tea and alcohol. American anger rose with ...

America was not the only nation at war with Great Britain during at this time. France, Spain and the Netherlands were also at ...

Get time and space in proper perspective, and things look different. The map certainly does. Most histories of North America deal solely with the locales where Europeans lived. So, early American ...

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

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

According to the National Park Service, fireworks on the National Mall are set to begin at 9 p.m. local time on July 4. The ...

The Fourth of July marks the day the Declaration of Independence was adopted and the 13 North American colonies officially separated from Great Britain.