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Read about the years following the Revolutionary War and the changes our developing nation underwent.
Follow John Adams' evolution from obedient colonist to revolutionary leader.
Weigh in on the events of April 19, 1775.
Meet New Englanders featured in the program.
Everything you need to know to do reenacting yourself, plus Quicktime VR views of 11 costumed Revolutionary War reenactors.
Did you or someone in your family receive or send mail during wartime? Have you saved war letters from any of America's wars? Send in your stories.
Play a military postal history game and get the mail from the front lines to the home front.
Learn how to preserve important documents for future generations. Conservation specialist Linda Edquist demonstrates some easy methods. Twelve clips.
Find out about the Legacy Project, Andrew Carroll's all-volunteer organization that works to honor the men and women who served America in wartime.
These acts aimed to contain the movement of aliens in the United States, but may have violated civil rights instead.
Explore a map and images of a few important locations from historic day that began the American Revolution.
This clear-eyed pamphlet outlining the argument for American independence was written by Thomas Paine, although many readers thought it to be the work of John Adams.
America's most famous document proclaimed independence from King George's monarchy.
In this letter, ardent patriot and future president John Adams described his views on government and democracy.
In her most famous letter, Abigail Adams encourages her husband to consider gender equality as he lays the foundations of the United States government.
The agreement that officially ended the Revolutionary War with Great Britain named the former colonies as The United States of America.
A redcoat and a minute man get ready to reenact.
This printed broadside from the Library of Congress illustrates how early information about the Battle of Lexington and Concord spread.
Perhaps the most famous memorial to the events surrounding the Battle of Lexington and Concord is poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's 1860 poem, "Paul Revere's Ride."
Read the source of the famous phrase.
Read a timeline with maps of military actions and wars the U.S. has been in here and overseas.
Explore ways of understanding the past, the relationship between the history of an individual and the history of an era, experiencing local history, the American Revolution, the birth of American democracy, military preparedness and the right to bear arms, war news reporting, and more.
Discuss censorship, wartime service and sacrifice, and the experiences of individuals affected by war.
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