Far from the colonists' front lines, Cubans, Mexicans and Spaniards aided the American Revolution.

While there are plenty of historical topics U.S. citizens agree on, the birth of the nation isn't one of them, according to a new report from Johns Hopkins SNF Agora Institute and a nonprofit called ...

A version of this story appeared in CNN’s What Matters newsletter. To get it in your inbox, sign up for free here. President Donald Trump wants Americans to see history his way, historians be damned.

Age was nothing but a number for the leaders who ascended to the presidency in the later years of their lives Jim Watson-Pool/Getty Images; Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images; Harry Langdon/Getty Images On ...