The 250th anniversary is keyed to the Declaration of Independence, ratified on July 4, 1776. Years of tension between the ...

Russia’s attempt to colonize the Americas is one of the most overlooked failures in imperial history. Isolated settlements, ...

Students often asked me those two questions when I was a college professor teaching U.S. foreign policy. To my good fortune, ...

While Thomas Jefferson’s Declaration of Independence turned the smoldering embers of rebellion into the glorious fireworks of ...

John Adams wrote, “Without the pen of Paine, the sword of Washington would have been wielded in vain.” George Washington ...

Many people who love history not only had an opportunity to hear about it and have it reenacted, but to drink part of ...

As we approach the 250th anniversary of our nation’s independence in 1776, the temptation rises to focus on the year’s ...

For this installment of "From the Archives," we answer a reader question about the monk parakeets and grackles in Austin.

Historians wouldn't recognize the enduring power of Paine's 47-page pamphlet, published on Jan. 10, 1776, until the 1970s.

From the Declaration of Independence to the rise of Donald Trump, we assess America’s complicated relationship with its ...

The United States marked its 250th anniversary this year. On July 4, 1776, the 13 colonies established by the British in the ...

Amid rhetoric from the Trump administration, some officials, such as Stephen Miller, point to Greenland's colonial past.