Thomas Paine sparked American independence with bold words before the war began, shaping public opinion much like today’s ...

“This province has raised 1,000 riflemen, the worst of whom will put a ball through a man’s head at the distance of 150 or 200 yards; therefore advise your officers who shall hereafter come out to ...

Running Friday through Sunday, Dec. 5-7, the Noble Train Begins celebration, marks the anniversary of Henry Knox’s 1775 expedition to transport nearly 60 tons of artillery from Fort Ticonderoga to ...

Think of something well-known like Paul Revere’s “Boston Massacre” print, which shows British soldiers shooting guns, firing ...

In 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court established a test to determine whether a gun law is constitutional by having judges ask whether it is consistent with the country’s “historical tradition of firearm ...

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Documentary maker Ken Burns doesn’t think today’s polarized politics are anything new, especially for a country that, as he sees it, already had two civil wars — the American Revolution of 1776 and ...