On July 14, 1789, thousands of Parisians stormed the prison to protest King Louis XVI's abuse of power. It was a defining ...

If avoiding a repeat of the excesses of the French revolution is an important goal, we need a thorough understanding of its ...

HMS “Victory” served in the American Revolution, the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars. It’s the world’s oldest warship still in commission—but it’s in desperate need of repairs Based ...

A well-preserved 18th-century bake house used to make bread for French troops in the Revolutionary War has been uncovered by archaeologists in Lebanon, Connecticut.

As the bicentennial nears of Marquis de Lafayette’s return to the young country he fought for as a teenager, the onetime French aristocrat and major general in the Continental Army is the talk of big ...