Since then, Snopes has investigated the histories of a range of monuments across the country, including our previous coverage ...

Born and baptized in the Church of England and serving as vestryman for years, George Washington publicly referenced ...

Army Black Knights and Navy Midshipmen will square off in Baltimore at M&T Bank Stadium for the 126th Army-Navy Game, ...

In many ways, Ken Burns is the Van Halen of historical documentary directors. Before you jump, hear me out. Watching the ...

Hundreds of New York City high school students gathered at Trinity Church in Lower Manhattan for a lesson led by filmmaker ...

Flags have been flying at half-staff in Florida and across the United States for former Vice President Richard "Dick" Cheney, ...

That’s two years longer than the actual length of the American Revolution, but the Founding Fathers and the Continental Army ...

The directors and writer of the six-part docuseries say the revolution is 'wrapped in a lot of mythology and nostalgia,' leading them to uncover some surprising perspectives.

This historic yellow mansion in Cambridge, Massachusetts, was home to one of the world's foremost poets, scholars and ...

Stephanie Jacobe, director of archives for the Archdiocese of Washington, has conducted extensive research into the harsh reality of the Catholic Church in Maryland owning, and selling, enslaved ...

The Stono Rebellion, in which a slave who could read, saw a leaflet from Spanish-held Florida, promising freedom to anyone who could get there. Stono and his compatriots fail. But their mere attempt ...

The pecan derives its name from the Algonquin “pakani,” which means “a nut too hard to crack by hand.” Rich in fat and easy to transport, pecans traveled with Native Americans throughout what is now ...