From Spanish control to Tejano support, here's what life in Texas looked like during the American Revolution.

The damp, sepulchral atmosphere was oppressive in this stone grave that buried the charismatic and controversial leader of ...

Coffee was an important part of American culture from the start. And coffeehouses were essential, too — serving as hubs for ...

Before Chicago emerged as the state’s powerhouse, another metro area hundreds of miles away in southern Illinois played a key ...

As positive parenting takes over France, one psychologist’s call for a return to discipline has set off a furious debate.

CELINA- The Marquis de La Fayette crossed an ocean to fight for American independence at just 19 years old, earned George ...

The Catholic Church in the United States in 1776 was so tiny that it didn’t play a major role in the American Revolution—but ...

Cigars & the Revolution: More American Than You Think Most of us think of a cigar as a celebration thing. You light one up ...

Ken Burns’ The American Revolution on PBS reveals the human side of America’s founding — from Philadelphia to Valley Forge — in a story both messy and magnificent. Everyone thinks they know the story ...

Louisiana was not one of the original American colonies but played a unique role in the American Revolution through Spanish ...

This is the eighth and final installment in a series of stories on the Somerset Hills during the American Revolution.