To gain a better perspective of what it takes to unite a nation, I took a trip to a place known as the crucible of the ...

The second volume of the historian’s account of the American Revolution is told with tremendous verve and detail.

Most Americans, however, will associate America’s 250th with Philadelphia on Independence Day 2026. Though unfair to all the ...

Tarun Khanna, Jorge Paulo Lemann Professor at the Harvard Business School, reflects on creativity, innovation, and inclusive economic systems. You can subscribe to his newsletter here: ...

Archaeologists uncover a lost battlefield where young George Washington narrowly survived a friendly fire incident during the ...

Three decades before his election as the first president of the United States in 1789, George Washington commanded soldiers ...

I wanted to go in the middle of winter and walk the whole park on foot to relive the Continental Army’s experience. We know the story: how the soldiers marched from Trenton to Princeton, how they took ...

At old Castine Cemetery, in Butler Township, lays two Patriots: David Harriman 1756-1842 and Samuel Satterley 1745-1833. In ...

Valley Forge National Historical Park might be the most underappreciated 3,500 acres in Pennsylvania – a place where you can literally walk through the pages of American history while also getting ...

Charles Bettisworth was born in King George County, Va., on Nov. 23(4), 1754. He enlisted in the Continental Army when only 18 years of age, three years after the battle ...

From hikes in the North Cascades to Mount Rainier, here are some Washington trails that are particularly plentiful with ...

As a young officer in the French and Indian War, Washington was involved in a devastating friendly fire incident. Military ...