Americans went to war to win their independence from Great Britain. Just weeks after the outbreak of fighting at Lexington ...

For most Americans of the time, the Revolutionary War ... American’. This left them free to embark on their next crusade; ensuring the abolition of slavery in their fledgling state of independence.

Before Independence Day comes around ... Later, this statue was melted and re-purposed as musket balls for the American army ...

Modern American politics rarely inspires anyone to sing, but in 1972, one musical film found the inspiration with the nations founding document. The film is called “1776” and it was adapted from the ...

While John Adams called for a declaration of independence ... to enter the war. Afraid of instigating another English declaration of war, the French had been supporting the American army in ...