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, ...

With the holidays just around the corner — and the anniversary of the Declaration of Independence not far behind — a local educational expert collected age-appropriate books, shows and games.

In mentioning Ken Burns' upcoming The American Revolution to casual observers, the most frequent response has been a variation on: "Wait. Hasn't he done that already?" The short answer is "No." The ...

The American Revolution will be a war that will pit brother against brother – and birth a nation. The American Revolution will become not just a local war for independence, but a war between great ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Back in 1990, Ken Burns made his reputation with “The Civil War,” a sprawling, multipart documentary that caused a ...

Next July marks 250 years since a handful of upstart American colonies declared independence from Britain. A war was fought, as we all know, and almost immediately after it was over, Richard Bell ...

The American Revolution was a conflict between Great Britain and its 13 North American colonies, which declared independence as the United States of America. The seeds of the war were the growing ...

What do you think you know about the American Revolution? Nearly 250 years later, as we continue to debate what the Founders intended, we may find at times that we’ve been led astray by legend, ...

This past June, at a No Kings rally outside a white clapboard church in a little brick town in the lower right-hand corner of Vermont, Green Mountaineers huddled together in raincoats under a ...

Editor’s note: Another in a series of occasional stories about York County in the American Revolution, part of the buildup in research and storytelling to the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of ...