Mount Vernon is marking a major anniversary with a reenactment and the ribbon cutting of a new feature on Sunday in Virginia.

The United States Postal Service (USPS) has released a new series of stamps honoring the 250th anniversary of the founding of ...

The second act, the Massachusetts Government ... adopted the New England Army of Observation, making it a “continental” army — a united colonial fighting force — that could represent ...

The Second Continental Congress created the Continental Army on June 14, the Continental Navy on October 13, and the Continental Marines on November 10. Though disbanded after the war, these ...

the second from September to December 1775. The Congress acted as a makeshift central government, creating the Continental Army, electing George Washington as its commander and issuing paper currency.

It was 250 years ago this week that the Second Continental Congress convened in Philadelphia to organize America’s rebellion ...

The National Day of Prayer, held the first Thursday in May, has its roots in the American Revolution where the Second Continental Congress called for a day of prayer in 1775. Chaplain (Brig.

John Hood is a John Locke Foundation board member. His books Mountain Folk, Forest Folk, and Water Folk combine epic fantasy with American history (FolkloreCycle.com).