The Loudoun VA250 Committee is sponsoring a pop-up presentation featuring a recreation of an 18th century-style public ...

Thomas Paine’s “Common Sense” may have persuaded the American colonists of the need for independence, but it is one thing to ...

Thomas Paine, a reluctant English tax collector and failed businessman who arrived in America on the eve of revolution, published "Common Sense" on this day in history, Jan. 10, 1776. "In the ...

You'd never know by looking at Thomas Paine's portrait with his fine clothes and his perfectly coiffed hair, but the National Portrait Gallery's Margaret Christman says Paine's contemporaries ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Thomas Paine’s Common Sense, published in 1776, helped galvanize colonial support for American independence. Photo illustration by ...

Born on February 9, 1737 (according to the Gregorian calendar), Paine was a brilliant essayist whose polarizing pen brought him praise and scorn on both sides of the Atlantic. Here are a few things ...

NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. — More than 180 years after Thomas Paine’s remains were dug up and carted off to England, his disciples think it’s time to bring home the man who helped inspire the American ...

A mission to revive a Founding Father is underway in New Rochelle. New Rochelle residents and history enthusiasts are racing to save the Thomas Paine Memorial Building as its owner, the Thomas Paine ...

In his new book, “Rage and the Republic: The Unfinished Story of the American Revolution,” Professor Turley explores the meaning and future of democracy on the American Revolution’s 250th anniversary.