Military victories were essential in helping America win its independence from Britain. Early successes gave the Patriots ...

History – specifically the quest of the American colonists to wrest themselves free of British rule – captivates and compels ...

Windrush Day celebrates the contribution Caribbean migrants and their families have made to the UK.

They recognized various types of ‘liberty’. Political liberty involved the right to participate in government through representation and consent. The rallying cry, “no taxation without representation” ...

Feel the sense of what it was like to be on the ground at the battlegrounds where the American Revolution was fought.

“…one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.” Of course, we understand that in 1775, at the time ...

The exhibit explores the early days of U.S.-China trade with a focus on Connecticut merchants and sailors who participated in ...

In 1822, freed Black Americans began resettling in a colony on the west coast of Africa. But the idea was controversial: Was ...

At a time when many may feel that good news has gone the way of the dodo, look no further than the homeland of that ...

Bunker Hill was a turning point in the freshly launched revolution. The bloodletting was far more severe than at Lexington and Concord, the first clash between the British garrison and the citizens of ...

The declaration still stands today as a manifesto. There are its lofty, “self-evident” principles, of course: that “all men are created equal” and that they are “endowed by their Creator with certain ...

The population of emperor penguins in one part of Antarctica appears to be declining faster than previously thought, according to a new analysis of satellite imagery released June 10.