Local middle school students are being encouraged to put their knowledge of American history to the test through the National ...

For four days each July, the grounds of Hebron Pines Campground RV Park in southern Maine becomes home to the Great ...

Now there’s scientific evidence for the spread: An analysis of Chilean mummies provides the strongest genetic link yet to the ...

A hundred years ago, Paris erected a monumental mosque to honor Muslim soldiers from French colonies who fought in World War ...

Americans tend to see the Declaration of Independence and the Revolutionary War as milestones in world history that inaugurated the era of modern democracy. But the British, unsurprisingly, see these ...

Alors que les Américains célèbreront le 4 juillet la Fête de l’Indépendance, il est important de se rappeler les racines de la nation dans les 13 colonies d’Amérique britannique. S’étendant le long de ...

The following is an installment of “On This Day,” a series celebrating America’s 250th anniversary by following the actions of Gen. George Washington, the Continental Congress, and the men and women ...

Nick Bunker is the author of “An Empire on the Edge: How Britain Came to Fight America.” Every profession has its vices. All too often, historians vainly imagine that they can understand the past more ...

The U.S. middle class is shrinking, but not because more Americans are poorer. Instead, more households are climbing into the echelons of the upper middle class due to income gains in recent decades, ...

The International Energy Agency slashed its forecast for oil supply growth a day after a historic emergency stock release, as the Middle East war chokes flows through one of the world’s most critical ...

Embroidered panel, about two-thirds complete, is part of a project celebrating America’s 250th Stich by meticulous stitch, an embroidered panel representing Pennsylvania’s history as one of the ...

KEARNS — The average time a 12-year-old girl takes to run a mile hovers right around 9 to 11 minutes. But not 12-year-old Angelina Alder. Last weekend, Angelina ran the distance in 4:47.93, setting ...