While many learned about the American Revolution as beginning in the Northeast, some may not know Florida's role in the ...

The Confederation Congress met from 1781 until 1789, and before that there was the Continental Congress. In that sense, like ...

The U.S. Army Chaplain Corps partners with Voyage Comics to present an action-packed, full-color comic book featuring heroic ...

In 1775, the Continental Congress established the Army as the first U.S. military service. In 1777, the Stars and Stripes became the national U.S. flag. In 1922, Warren G. Harding became the first U.S ...

The Continental Congress continued to function until 1781 when it was supplemented by another, ... and he loved annotating his books. See examples of his notes. Footer Information and Navigation.

Paper on the second Continental Congress. Full text is unavailable for this digitized archive article. Subscribers may view the full text of this article in its original form through TimesMachine.

A Working Congress. The Congress put in 3,100 working days. The 1774 session was designedly brief, 35 working days. The 1775 session began by appointment May 10, and took the month of August off.

This weekend marks the 250th birthday of the U.S. Army. It seems unlikely we would have much to celebrate on Saturday if, right after creating an army, the Second Continental Congress had not also ...

The Army commemorated its 250th anniversary with a festival and parade in Washington, D.C., on Saturday, which is also President Trump's 79th birthday.

WASHINGTON — Sometimes the wheels of democracy turn slowly. The Continental Congress resolved in 1783 to hang the portrait of Bernardo de Galvez on the walls of Congress to honor the Spaniard's ...

Congress must take action to limit presidential powers, as the current trend of unchecked presidential power threatens the balance of the Constitution and the democratic system.

The First Continental Congress convened on on Sept.5, 1774, including delegates from 12 of the 13 colonies and Founding Fathers such as John Adams, Patrick Henry and George Washington.