Carpenters’ Hall has been celebrating the 250th anniversary of the First Continental Congress, with its eye on 2026, too.

The Fort Gower Resolves, signed by soldiers in November 250 years ago, was one of the first documents to express support for American independence.

The events described here took place in 1774. Across Virginia ... discussion of the historic event that just concluded in ...

on the sometimes overlooked First Continental Congress. As we approach the 250th anniversary of our nation, this semiquincentennial provides the perfect opportunity to honor this bold 1774 meeting ...

The second annual Yorktown Tea Festival takes place Nov. 6 through 8 at various locations in Historic Yorktown. Guests will ...

On October 20, 1774 - 250 years ago this Sunday - the First Continental Congress in Philadelphia adjourned with something new and momentous for the future United States. The delegates crafted the ...

Yorktown made a splash of its own the following year. In October 1774, the First Continental Congress adopted the Continental Association, an agreement that all colonists would boycott goods from ...

Advertisement Article continues below this ad Also on this date: In 1774, the First Continental Congress adjourned in Philadelphia. In 1825, the Erie Canal opened in upstate New York, connecting ...

Indeed, a newspaper announcement published to the “Pennsylvania Packet” in 1774 practically drips ... Members of the First Continental Congress, too, made the tavern their watering hole ...

Oct. 20 this year marks 250 years of American union. On this day in 1774, the First Continental Congress published the ...