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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Opinion: Diversity and inclusion helped us win the Revolutionary War
Finally, after 250 years the truth is shared by the oldest continuous running newspaper in the United states, The Hartford ...
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 ...
‘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 ...
Heart guitarist Nancy Wilson says it’s 'more embarrassing’ to be an American now than during the Vietnam War
Heart singer-guitarist Nancy Wilson told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel she finds it "more embarrassing now" to be an ...
Revolutionary War spy James Lafayette now has his monument
The granite monument honors James Armistead Lafayette, who is believed to have been a double agent during the Revolutionary ...
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Learn about Lafayette, the French aristocrat who fought for American independence, at library talk
The Marquis de Lafayette (Sept 6, 1757 – May 29, 1834) was a French aristocrat, military officer, politician and liberal ...
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Explore the historic sites of America's founding war
April marks 250 years since the start of the American Revolution. Explore key sites in the historic war and how they shaped ...
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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 ...