The series, launched the same day as the first engagement ... commemorating the start of America's fight for independence this weekend with a reading of the poem "Paul Revere's Ride" by White ...

On the night of April 18, 1775, a rider set out from Boston on the eve of the American Revolution to warn colonists across ...

Stephen Vincent Benét (1898–1943) had a name to conjure with, back in the day. Once upon a time, all of literate America knew his book-length poem about the Civil War, “John Brown’s Body” (1928) and ...

the Congress voted unanimously for independence. The Second Day of July 1776, will be the most memorable Epocha, in the History of America. John Adams, Co-author of the Declaration of Independence ...