The Mayflower Compact changed the course of history by paving the road to democracy and self-governance in America.

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At the annual meeting of the Organization of American Historians, scholars wrestled with what people want from national ...

Mississippi’s warts-and-all approach to reflecting its history as part of the state’s official commemoration of the nation’s ...

On September 3, AEI’s Yuval Levin, Christine Rosen, and Adam J. White hosted a symposium at Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello examining the American Revolution’s legacy in American history. The first ...

A literary spat between 'America' and William F. Buckley 65 years ago is proving to have been eerily proleptic in light of Mr ...

(RNS) — This February marks the 50th anniversary of the national commemoration of Black History Month, proclaimed by President Gerald Ford in 1976 as part of the bicentennial celebrations. But Black ...

Discover the Old ’76 House—A Revolutionary War Tavern Older Than America, With a Dramatic Spy Story That Shocked The World I love discovering new historical hidden gems—and this Revolutionary War ...

HARTFORD, Conn. (WTNH) — As the nation celebrates its 250th birthday, the Museum of Connecticut History is showing off some of its rarest Revolutionary War era artifacts. One is a sword worn by James ...

From its start as Standard Oil to becoming the largest private oil and gas company in the world, ExxonMobil's story is tied ...