Welcome to Lit Trivia, the Book Review’s regular quiz about books, authors and literary culture. In honor of Gen. George Washington’s birthday on Feb. 22, this week’s super-size…
Read more Test Your Knowledge of the Authors and Events That Helped Shape the United StatesNew book explores Thomas Paine’s legacy – CBS News Watch CBS News A new book is reexamining the legacy of American revolutionary Thomas Paine, best known for his…
Read more New book explores Thomas Paine’s legacyCelebrating 250 years since the Declaration of Independence, leaders in Suffolk County have released a new guide to the area’s historic sites. The guide gives Long Islanders and…
Read more ‘Suffolk 250’ book aims to boost tourism, highlight sites | Long Island Business NewsTo dispel the idea that the American Revolution refers only to a war, we’re going to start our look at Ken Burns’ latest epic, “The American Revolution,” at…
Read more Ken Burns on America’s origin story: “The most important event since the birth of Christ”Deep in the pine forests of South Carolina, the trees stretch endlessly across the horizon. To the untrained eye, it’s just another patch of wilderness. But beneath the…
Read more Experts work to ID remains of Revolutionary War soldiers found in woods:How war historians are helping solve mysteries from the Battle of Camden – CBS News Watch CBS News Historians are still trying to uncover Revolutionary War-era mysteries about…
Read more How war historians are helping solve mysteries from the Battle of CamdenA new visitor center planned at New Jersey’s Washington Crossing State Park will include “commanding views” of the Delaware River at the site where the Revolutionary War took…
Read more New visitor center at Washington Crossing State Park in New Jersey will overlook Delaware RiverOpinion Screenshot: AI Generated Image – Craiyon President Joe Biden sat down with a “diverse” group of scholars and historians earlier this week to discuss the upcoming anniversary…
Read more New Poll Shows 25% Of Americans Believe FBI Instigated January 6 RiotA man with a toy Revolutionary War-style flintlock pistol was arrested after he tried to pass himself off as a police officer at a Bronx train station, cops…
Read more Bronx man with toy flintlock pistol busted for impersonating a cop: NYPD
