The ‘Battle of Bunker Hill’, which took place on June 17th 1775, was the first time New England soldiers faced the British ...

The shot heard ‘round the world'; the start of the American Revolution. An event that would have profound consequences for world history, especially western democracy. Who’d have thought that ...

NPR's Scott Simon talks with Jonathan Lane, of the consortium Revolution 250, about why the Battle of Bunker Hill won't be ...

For the Japanese, keeping Saipan was crucial in stopping the American advance. In what became known as the Battle of the Philippine ... The bloodbath at Okinawa was a major factor in President ...

Adams knew the American Revolution had to build up a new government ... On June 17, the Americans experienced their first major battle (and defeat) at the Battle of Bunker Hill.

Monday marks the 80th anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge. See photos from what Churchill called "the greatest American ...

GAFFNEY — On Jan. 17, 1781, a late-stage Revolutionary War battle in the South Carolina backcountry ended in an American ...

Musket balls were previously found in the historic park of about a thousand acres outside Boston, which marks a series of opening battles of the American Revolution. About a decade ago ...

BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA – On March 10, 1783, the last naval battle of the American Revolution was fought off Cape Canaveral, as Captains John Barry and John Green tried to deliver a shipload of ...

In 1776, as George Washington was leading the Continental Army through some of the earliest battles of the American Revolution ... s troops that it was a major deterrent to enlistment.

The American victory and the opening of an offensive by the Soviets on the eastern front made the fall of the Third Reich all but a matter of time. Winston Churchill called the six-week battle ...