This article provides an overview and basic information about the original 13 colonies established by European settlers in ...

How well do you know your U.S. history? It might have been awhile since your eighth-grade civics class, so we're giving you a brush up on Colonial events with a real estate twist this Independence Day ...

Let's pause for a bit of Independence Day history. July 4, 2012— -- intro: Independence Day is not all barbecue and fireworks. So we pause here for a bit of history, with the 13 original colonies ...

When modern Americans call themselves patriots, they are evoking a sentiment that is 250 years old. In September 1774, nearly two years before the Declaration of Independence, delegates from 12 of the ...

So that you won't be fooled by MSNBC's Rachel Maddow claiming Second Amendment supporters were celebrating the Oklahoma City bombing this week - as she has on April 19 in years past - Tuesday was the ...

Every American knows about the original 13 colonies that rebelled against England and became the United States. In the 1770s, however, they weren't England's only holdings in North America. They were ...

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! U.S. Military Academy history professor Robert McDonald explained how the 13 original American colonies were settled and the differences between the ...

The United States Navy is celebrating 250 years of service, sacrifice, and tradition, commemorating its founding on October ...

As I sat reading the Oct. 10 Chronicle I saw a letter that made me say, enough is enough. This was the response of Joe Hamilton to a previous letter written by the Rev. Dan Smith in regards to how ...