Colonial & Revolution (1600s–1789)

1+ hour, 12+ min ago   (21+ words) Historical theater reenactors will portray real people who lived and worked in the region at the Pownalborough Court House on Saturday....

3+ hour, 54+ min ago   (680+ words) Here’s something that isn’t discussed much. The Anglican Church was the state church of the English Crown. North Carolina colonists who were religious dissenters (members of any religious sect not following the precepts of the Anglican church) viewed this government-established…...

5+ hour, 50+ min ago   (582+ words) By Michael J. Reitz This article originally appeared in The Detroit News July 14, 2026. America looks inevitable today, 250 years after the Declaration of Independence. But in the 15 years leading up to the Revolution, independence was anything but inevitable. In fact, our founders…...

6+ hour, 39+ min ago   (187+ words) Pharos-Tribune Democracy Day: A guide to how Indiana makes its laws Tip Wa Tractor Show draws a crowd Cass County agencies participate in propane emergency training The America 250 Freedom Truck will be at the Walton Library Sept. 25-26. Embark on an…...

6+ hour, 24+ min ago   (138+ words) The Valley Breeze One of the Revolutionary War veterans’ burial sites that are located in more than a dozen cemeteries throughout Lincoln. LINCOLN – For this year’s Great Road Day, North Gate Toll House will host the program History Around Us:…...

1+ week, 1+ hour ago   (678+ words) The learning of history has been under fire lately. On September 8, Smithsonian secretary Lonnie G. Bunch III resigned, saying he was “weary of the fray” in what the New York Times, on Sept. 8, deemed “withering attacks from the administration” on the…...

6+ hour, 40+ min ago   (413+ words) Pulitzer Prize-winning historian commemorates America’s 250th in Charleston on October 15 The Real WV Pulitzer Prize-winning historian commemorates America’s 250th in Charleston on October 15 CHARLESTON – At 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, October 15, the West Virginia Humanities Council will host one of America’s preeminent historians…...

6+ hour, 53+ min ago   (507+ words) The American Revolution’s Uptown miracle nydailynews.com When the nation marked its 250th anniversary, our attention turned naturally to Philadelphia and July 4, 1776. We remember the ringing Declaration and the promise that a new nation could be founded on equal rights. But…...

11+ hour, 45+ min ago   (294+ words) News Observer, Blue Ridge, Georgia Constitution Week will be celebrated September 17 to 23 in Fannin County, proclaimed Fannin County Commission Chair Jamie Hensley Alongside Daughters of the American Revolution from the local Old Unicoi Trail Chapter, Chairman Hensley's proclamation encourages Fannin…...

8+ hour, 54+ min ago   (394+ words) Did you know that tomorrow is Constitution Day? Do you really know what that means? On Sept. 17, 1787, in Philadelphia, the U.S. Constitution was signed and became a reality. Two states — North Carolina and Rhode Island — initially declined to ratify the Constitution…...