'Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death' Turns 250. Here's What It Meant in 1775 The printed version of Henry’s galvanizing speech in a crowded church was about 1,200 words. And yet those seven words have...
Ken Burns Returns to PBS with New Documentary 'The American Revolution' An era-appropriate melody plays as photographs move slowly across the screen and a voice reads heartfelt letters written...
'America's First Veterans': Historians Need Your Help Identifying the Remains of Revolutionary War Troops Forensics labs need Americans with 18th-century ancestral ties to the states of Maryland, Delaware or North Carolina to come...
How a Prussian Baron Helped the Colonists Win the American Revolution In a mere two months, soldiers learned how to load and fire a musket quicker and more efficiently, and were introduced to the...
US Navy Battle Flags: A Visual Guide The Navy's tradition of flying battle flags is as old as America itself. Here's an (incomplete) guide to the service's best...
The National Archives Needs Your Help Transcribing Revolutionary War Records More than 83,000 pension records from the Revolutionary War require preservation ahead of commemorations of the conflict's...
The History of the US Army's Birthday June 14 should be considered one of the most patriotic days in America. Not only is it Flag Day, celebrating the adoption of...
Michael Douglas' Benjamin Franklin Brings France Into the American Revolution in a New Apple TV+ Series This new dramatization of Franklin's most important diplomatic magnum opus is based on Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer...
The 11 Finalists for the First-Ever American Battlefield Trust Book Prize for History The American Battlefield Trust Book Prize for History is like March Madness for the best books on military history.
A Medical Mystery Almost as Old as America: What Actually Killed George Washington? Anecdotal evidence and empirical data show that Americans are infatuated with true crime, from cold-case television shows to...
Navy Gets Request for ICE, National Guard to Operate Out of Chicago-Area Base The installation, home to the Navy's only recruit training facility, would provide facilities and logistics for immigration...
Air Force Academy Cancels Lecture After Discovering Speaker Disparaged Trump Air Force Academy officials have canceled an upcoming annual lecture after discovering the speaker's online history of...
Jan. 6 Rioter Fatally Shot by Police Approved for Military Funeral Honors by Air Force Ashli Babbitt, who served as a senior airman, was among a group of rioters attempting to smash through barricaded doors...
Venezuela Prepares for Potential US Attack with Armed Drones Designed by Iran The long-standing links between Caracas and Tehran have been a source of contention between Venezuela and the United States.
Mystery Surrounds $1.2 Billion Army Contract to Build Huge Detention Tent Camp in Texas Desert When President Donald Trump's administration last month awarded a contract worth up to $1.2 billion to build and operate what...