The nearly $150,000 production on local battle sites and skirmishes is made possible by a grant from the National Park Service.

Ken Burns' latest project is an expansive documentary about the history of the American Revolution. Premiering Nov. 16 on PBS and airing over six consecutive nights, The American Revolution starts ...

Forensic experts study 250-year-old bullet holes from a Revolutionary War battle in NC. Bullet holes from 250 years ago are still visible today at the House in the Horseshoe State Historic Site. They ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. New Jersey’s landscape has taken center stage in Ken Burns’ "The American Revolution." The ongoing PBS series portrays the Garden ...

An estimated 6,800 Americans were killed in action, and 17,000 more combatants died from diseases like typhus, typhoid, dysentery, and influenza. The British suffered 24,000 casualties from the war, ...

BRUSHING UP ON OUR LOCAL REVOLUTIONARY WAR HISTORY TONIGHT. THE FIRST BATTLE OF CEDAR SPRINGS TOOK PLACE BACK IN 1780, RIGHT IN SPARTANBURG COUNTY. AND TODAY, RE-ENACTORS RETURN TO THE BATTLEFIELD.

" 'Taverns of the American Revolution' presents the boozing and schmoozing that went on in some of America's most historic watering holes, revealing the crucial role these public houses played as ...

The find has thrown open a kind of time portal that's advanced efforts to get a fuller picture of the April 27, 1777, Battle of Ridgefield in southwestern Connecticut. The conflict featured Benedict ...

John Trumbull's 1818 painting, <i>Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776</i>, depicting the five-man drafting committee of the Declaration of Independence presenting their work to the Congress.