Adams, Jefferson and other Founding Fathers enjoyed wild game and seasonal produce in Philadelphia's taverns during the ...

Meet the five New Jerseyans who signed the Declaration of Independence: Abraham Clark had served in the Continental Congress ...

Delaware DNC Delegate Sarah McBride holds the title of highest-ranking transgender elected politician in the ... I'm running to be Delaware's member of Congress working on all of the issues that ...

Students and teachers from the country’s original 13 colonies are gathering in Philadelphia this week for the Young People’s Continental Congress to study 250-year-old history and also digest ...

In Washington last week, chief endeavor of the 3,001 delegates to the Continental Congress seemed to be to see who could carry the most flowers. One Washington florist’s business increased 300% ...

This Fourth of July marks the 249th anniversary of Independence Day, but there are several dates that are related to ...

The Delaware GOP has sent 16 delegates to national convention in Cleveland. Wednesday night featured speeches from Texas Sen. Ted Cruz and Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker. CLEVELAND - Donald Trump has ...

When 48 delegates from 12 colonies (Georgia being the sole missing colony) gathered in Philadelphia on September 5, 1774, for the First Continental Congress, they had little in common.

By the time the Second Continental Congress convened on May 10, 1775, with delegates from all 13 colonies in attendance, war had begun, and the tone of the Congress had changed.

THE SECOND CONTINENTAL CONGRESS. Share full article. April 5, 1876. ... Mr. John Austin Stevens read a paper on "The Delegates of New-York in the Second Continental Congress," opening with a brief ...

“Bright hope is four words: Madam. President. Kamala. Harris,” said from the convention stage. Blunt Rochester is the first woman and the first Black Representative elected to Congress from Delaware.

DELEGATES VISIT VICTORIA; Queen Receives Members of the International Congress. HAVE TEA AT WINDSOR CASTLE Susan B. Anthony and Mrs. Sewall Say the Queen Recognizes Women's Right to Equality with Men.