This long-forgotten footnote to American history is worth considering both for its historical import and its relevancy to the ...
On this day 250 years ago, a mighty assembly of statesmen, thinkers, lawyers, and patriots gathered at Independence Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to formally convene a revolutionary body to ...
July 4 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1776, the Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence, proclaiming U.S. independence from Britain. In 1826, in one of history's notable ...
Inside View: Ignore the haters pushing a revisionist history, and recognize the American experiment for the success that it is. It took one member of the small drafting committee—a tall, quiet, ...
On June 11, 1776, the Second Continental Congress assigned five delegates to write the first draft of the Declaration of Independence. The Committee included Thomas Jefferson from Virginia, John Adams ...
On May 10, 1775, South Carolina’s five delegates to the Second Continental Congress met in Philadelphia with representatives from 11 other colonies. The South Carolina Provincial Congress had ...
(WDBJ) - The first Continental Congress assembled September 5, 1774. The meeting came after Great Britain levied high taxes and passed a series of laws. Delegates from 12 of the 13 colonies were ...
Jane Hampton Cook, a presidential historian and the author of "Battlefield Blessings: Stories of Faith & Courage from the Revolutionary War," told Fox News Digital about the food choices of the ...
On June 14, 1775, the sword and shield of our Republic were forged when the Second Continental Congress voted to establish what would later become the United States Army. Today, our Nation proudly ...