As we mark the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution, it’s worth asking a simple but powerful question: What were they fighting for?

The missions became the only UNESCO site in Texas 10 years ago and will be highlighted for America’s 250th birthday.

Ravaged plantations. Houses burned to the ground. A father's dying words for his son to avenge him. Hilton Head may not have been the site of a major Revolutionary War battle, but it was the site of ...