During the American Revolution, women across the Thirteen Colonies took on a range of nontraditional roles. Some assumed ...

The United States marked its 250th anniversary this year. Since its independence in 1776, U.S. territory has expanded ...

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Mount Vernon Chief Curator Adam Erby talked about the suit coat that George Washington wore in 1789 for his first inauguration. He explained why ...

Burt Jones is Georgia's lieutenant governor and he seemed to have a clear path to be the Republican nominee for governor this ...

George and Martha Washington, portrayed by Jade and Shane Brumfield of Kermit, Mingo County, visited the West Virginia ...

Next week marks 250 years since Gen. George Washington and his Continental Army forced the British to evacuate Boston. Four months later, July 4, 1776, the Continental Congress adopted the ...

Truth will ultimately prevail where pains is [sic] taken to bring it to light.” (From a letter to C. M. Thurston, 1794) ...

Curt Radabaugh has brought his enduring love of history to life through his faithful rendition of George Washington, the ...

Did you say George Washington? Not so fast. Some historians say John Hanson. John who? That’s what I said! This makes absolutely no sense. All those textbooks and history teachers couldn’t have been ...

Jacob Francis, a free Black man from Amwell Township, fought in the Revolutionary War and overcame racism to become a respected community member.