On this day in 1783, Virginia cedes the vast territory it had previously claimed by right of colonial charter to the federal government...

These are the times that try men’s souls; the summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of...

The new United States celebrates its first national day of thanksgiving on Thursday, December 18, 1777, commemorating the American...

On this day in 1777, the French foreign minister, Charles Gravier, count of Vergennes, officially acknowledges the United States as an...

In Boston Harbor, a group of Massachusetts colonists disguised as Mohawk Indians board three British tea ships and dump 342 chests of tea...

On this day in 1791, Virginia becomes the last state to ratify the Bill of Rights, making the first ten amendments to the Constitution...

On this day in 1777, the Continental Congress names Irish-born Thomas Conway to the post of inspector general of the United States....

On this day in 1776, American General Charles Lee leaves his army, riding in search of female sociability at Widow White’s Tavern in...

On this day in 1787, Pennsylvania becomes the second state to ratify the Constitution, by a vote of 46 to 23. Pennsylvania was the first...

On this day in 1787, Pennsylvania becomes the second state to ratify the Constitution, by a vote of 46 to 23. Pennsylvania was the first...