When George Washington, from Virginia, arrived in Cambridge 250 years ago, one of the first things he did was talk to his ...

He concluded, he later wrote, that the troops were “ exceeding dirty & nasty people ” led by indifferent officers with an “ ...

Following the war, in 1787, Washington was elected president of the Constitutional Convention, where he used his influence to help states accept the new United States Constitution. As the first ...

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We celebrate the Declaration of Independence as the “opening act” for a series of “main events” that laid the foundation of ...

America’s independence wasn’t declared in a day — it was forged through years of unrest, resistance, and revolution. This powerful chronicle traces th ...

In the heart of the city, in 1784 David Landreth founded the D. Landreth Seed Company. During its long life, Landreth’s ...

So Parliament took a new approach. It passed laws—the Sugar Act and Stamp Act— to raise revenue directly, bypassing the ...

This story was originally published on July 4, 2024. IDAHO FALLS – There was a “pensive and awful silence” as John Hancock ...

July falls on a Friday, serendipitously the same day that this column appears in the Aspen Times. We have a local tradition ...