Catholics were present in colonial America but faced restrictions and discrimination. In Philadelphia, the cradle of ...
Two hundred and fifty years ago, 13 colonies fought to become the founding states of a new nation. Each of them is intrinsic ...
In a similar vein, Vice President Vance has claimed that Americans who can trace their ancestry to those who fought in the ...
As the United States celebrates its 250th anniversary, residents don't have to travel to Boston or Philadelphia to experience ...
Lydia Darragh was a pacifist and already led a very busy life in her adopted city of Philadelphia where she worked as a ...
Recently discovered documents reveal a back-channel attempt by a leader of the Continental Congress to make peace. (He did ...
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 ...
Former Stuart News editor said in 1976 that U.S. strength comes from centuries of inherited democratic, legal and religious ...
Catholic life throughout the region was often sustained quietly through family networks, informal gathering places, and the ...
Soldiers of Irish heritage accounted for up to 50 percent of the Continental Army's ranks. Driven from their homeland by ...
Ventura author Jane Hulse’s newest book, “Spanktown Papers,” was released just in time for America's 250th anniversary.
In celebrating the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, we remember names like Jefferson and Washington.