While most contemporaries point to the American Revolutionary War as the key seminal event that led to the birth of the United States as a free republic, many overlook the impact of the previously ...

The site of the first skirmish of the seven-year-long French and Indian War has been verified after a four-week archaeological dig that involved multiple organizations found artifacts, including ...

(Tribune News Service) — In his capacity as site manager for the Fort Necessity National Battlefield, Brian Reedy has spent many years telling visitors that he and fellow National Park Service ...

Feb. 10 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1763, the Treaty of Paris ended the Seven Years' War between Britain and Spain and also the French and Indian War, with France ceding Quebec to Great ...

LAKE GEORGE, N.Y. (NEWS10) – This August, the history of the French & Indian War comes alive in a historical program focusing in on a famous film. Skidmore College Professor Dr. Nick Junkerman is set ...

C-SPAN is testing some improvements to our website and we'd like to ask for your help. Please click here to try out our new video viewing page (you can switch back at any time). Lauren Ronaghan gave a ...

In his capacity as site manager for the Fort Necessity National Battlefield, Brian Reedy has spent many years telling visitors that he and fellow National Park Service employees were “reasonably ...

The Battle of Lake George will be re-enacted Sept. 22-24, 2023, in a free event featuring 250 costumed interpreters of history. LAKE GEORGE – More than 250 re-enactors will begin gathering at Lake ...

THE COLD JOURNEY—Grace Zaring Stone—Morrow ($2.50). In the literary as well as the geographical sense there are still wide open spaces in the U. S. Such trail-blazing authors as James Fenimore Cooper.