How Deborah Sampson posed as a man to fight in the Revolutionary War (and treated her own gunshot wound)
In the annals of Revolutionary War soldiers, Massachusetts was full of notable figures. But there were none quite like ...
The story of a Black Revolutionary War hero who took on an entire British platoon lives on
The role of Billy Flora, a free Black man, in this pivotal victory — and the erosion later of rights — show a paradox of the ...
‘Shots Heard Round the World’ Review: America’s Transatlantic Revolution
The fight for American independence needed more than colonial arms. Britain’s diplomatic isolation proved a powerful weapon ...
Revolutionary War spy who was also a slave will get his own statue Sat.
Stephen Seals portrays James Lafayette at Colonial Williamsburg and said that the new monument will serve as a reflection of ...
Want to learn about women of the Revolutionary War? Take a tour on the Freedom Trail
The legendary Freedom Trail in Boston is all about the ladies during March, which is Women's History Month. The Freedom Trail ...
Hackensack Revolutionary War hero statue erected in 1904 will finally get its sword back
The sword will soon be replaced as part of a restoration project by the Sons of the American Revolution and Hackensack.
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How It Happened Here: A Guide to Loudoun in the American Revolution
There is a moment that becomes a focal point in the history of every nation’s creation story. For the United States, that ...
Concord Museum's Whose Revolution exhibit celebrates 250th anniversary of the American Revolution
A new exhibit at the Concord Museum in Concord, Massachusetts shows what everyday life was like in the 18th century as part ...
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You can handwrite the Constitution at this Revolutionary War site in Brooklyn
"As they write, participants engage with the Constitution, finding that the words connect and resonate in a new light," event ...
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From the Revolutionary War to the Civil War and beyond, one SE Minnesota family served America
For the first time in 50 years, three brothers — John J. Casseday, George Casseday and Samuel Casseday — got together. All three, along with a fourth brother (and, by the way, their father) fought in ...
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The story of a Black Revolutionary War hero who took on an entire British platoon lives on
The life story of William “Billy” Flora, a Black man and celebrated Revolutionary War hero, illustrates the paradoxes of America’s founding. Flora was born in Portsmouth in 1755 to Mary ...