British-born Thomas Paine helped inspire the 13 English colonies to declare independence and form the United States of ...

The Pawlett and Rupert Historical Societies will present Vermont filmmaker Jay Craven’s film “Lost Nation” on Feb. 7 at 1 p.m ...

Today in History for Jan. 20: In 1265, England's Parliament, representing English districts, cities and boroughs, met for the first time. In 1783, Britain and the United States signed an armistice, ...

Four historians told The Washington Post that while the British were defeated in Yorktown, Virginia — not in South Carolina — ...

America celebrates its 250th birthday next year, but this year marks the semiquincentennials of the Army, Navy and Marine Corps, all founded in 1775. As such, the National Museum of the United States ...

Inside Washington and Lee University lies a treasured letter from the founding father himself, expressing his deep commitment to education and the arts. (Washington and Lee University) Patchwork 250 ...

As news reports proliferate of multimillion-dollar -- and possibly billion-dollar -- fraudulent diversions of government ...

George Washington’s image is reproduced millions of times each year on the $1 bill. Now, a portrait by artist Gilbert Stuart that inspired the engraving is heading to auction at Christie’s, where it’s ...

The image is so familiar that it often goes unnoticed: the powdered hair, the ruffled shirt, the stoic smile. George Washington’s rendering on the $1 bill may be the most widely distributed portrait ...

A historic portrait of George Washington is being auctioned off next month. It's among the paintings that inspired the first president's image on the $1 bill, and it has a colorful past. Paintings of ...

CAMDEN — Most South Carolinians probably aren’t familiar with Matthew Neal. They likely don’t know that he was born in 1755 in Virginia, or that he volunteered several times to fight in the American ...