HALIFAX, N.C. (AP) — With 165 grains of black powder in the barrel, a .75-caliber Brown Bess flintlock musket like the ones the redcoats carried in 1776 can hurl a lead ball at a velocity of around ...

Neighbors, almost four months of 1776 have now passed. For those just joining our conversation, I invite you to set aside the present moment and walk with me back into that extraordinary year, because ...

Did “Hamilton” render “1776” obsolete? Is it now strange to watch Founding Fathers on stage if they are not rapping? When Lin-Manuel Miranda made direct reference to “Sit Down, John” the famous ...

In January 1777, Baltimore printer Mary Katharine Goddard published the first copies of the Declaration of Independence that included the signers’ names. By then, the document was already old news.

The last time Paper Mill Playhouse did "1776," it was 2009. Obama had just been elected. America, for the first time, had a Black president. "Right after the inauguration we produced the show, and it ...

There’s no escaping the impetus for the stirring revival of “1776” at Ford’s Theatre, which welcomes its actors onstage not as quarreling Founding Fathers but as tourists celebrating the nation’s ...

New owners have reopened 1776 Steakhouse in the Rehoboth area after fully renovating the well-respected restaurant. Partners Regan Derrickson, of Nalu Hospitality, and Chef Lion Gardner, most notably ...

Featuring a 17-piece orchestra, 1776 is directed by Paper Mill Producing Artistic Director Mark S. Hoebee, who reflected on the production at yesterday’s first rehearsal: “I find the piece so ...

LONDON, March 8 (Reuters) - Tax the rich. Trash the tariffs. End monopolies. Such are the rallying calls of many of today's most heated economic debates. They could also come straight from the pen of ...

Philadelphia is front and center for America's 250th birthday — and the Union are getting in on the fun. The Union on Tuesday unveiled their primary "1776 Kit" jerseys, which pay tribute to the United ...