The Battles of Saratoga were the turning point of the American Revolutionary War, delivering a crucial victory that convinced France to join the fight against Britain. This strategic triumph not only ...

Philadelphia represents one of the first attempts at American-made artillery, as most was then captured or made in France. Visitors learn that before the war, largely untrained, local militias ...

Rather than choose to use the force of his command—or implicit threats—Washington chose the path of moral persuasion.

He was among the historians who challenged national myths about the compromises his country made after being occupied by Germany in World War II.

In 1792, revolution was on the brink of destruction—until a ragtag French army stood firm at Valmy. What happened next changed European history.

Years later, he wrote that his life was in as “much jeopardy as it ever had been before or since.” Washington was pursuing a ...

In the Treaty of Paris France ceded Canada to Britain and the Louisiana Territory, including New Orleans, to Spain. Spain gave up its claim to Florida. Shortly after the Treaty, King George issued a ...