The morning of Dec. 26, 1776, did not start according to plan. The night before, George Washington had led 2,400 Continental ...

While John Adams called for a declaration of independence in the Continental Congress, a down-on-his-luck Englishman named Thomas Paine sounded the clarion call for revolution in January 1776 ...

He’s one of hundreds who have reenacted the historic moment of the Revolutionary War, which occurred in 1776: Washington crossing the Delaware. “A lot of our history is taught in schools, ...

Although the group considered a demonstration against the bill, they ultimately decided to distribute copies of H.R. 1776 among the students together with postcards to be sent to Senators urging ...