The Reign of Terror, the guillotine, the Bastille, the Third Estate: The history of the French Revolution comes to life on ...

History books love their perfect paintings, but reality looked a little rougher. Thanks to digital reconstructions, we're ...

A new United States Postal Service stamp set, Figures of the American Revolution, highlights several key figures with ties to ...

Lin-Manuel Miranda’s mix of American history, theatrical diversity and contemporary hip-hop is returning to Hartford for a two-week run Nov. 4-16.

The Piankeshaw Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution are pleased to present Bruce Mowday with the America 250!

Rachel Leon talks about the Marquis de Lafayette's visit to Bethlehem and the home that he stayed in while recovering from ...

The Marquis de Lafayette volunteered his service and assets — his heart and soul — to aid the American Revolution. The starry-eyed young Frenchman was commissioned by Congress as a major general in ...

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Two hundred years ago this month, the American nation, then nearing its 50th birthday, saw the conclusion of an extraordinary moment in its young life: the yearlong national tour of Gen. Lafayette, ...

In 1825, Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier de LaFayette was the closest thing one could find to a modern-day rock star. According to History.com, when his boat arrived in Manhattan on Aug.

LAFAYETTE, IN — As part of Lafayette's bicentennial, the TCHA History Center (522 Columbia St.) will be the site of the launch of a new book at 7 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 7. At the event, the book, "200 ...

General Marquis de Lafayette returns to Havre de Grace on the 200th anniversary of his original visit, on Tuesday, July 29. General Marquis de Lafayette speaks during the welcoming ceremony in his ...