A Servant Girl in 1776 Boston Fights Her Own Battle for Independence
With “Rebellion 1776,” Anderson returns once again to the Revolutionary War era. Set in Boston, the story begins toward the ...
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THE US REVOLUTION REVISITED: Washington took fateful gamble atop Dorchester Heights in 1776
On Jan. 24, 1776, Henry Knox, a bold, portly bookseller and former Bostonian, solved the first problem. Having seized Fort Ticonderoga, in upstate New York, he and his men dragged the garrison’s ...
How St. Patrick’s Day fueled the American Revolution in Boston in 1776
You know about the leprechauns and the Irish and the pot of gold, but did you know that St. Patrick's Day has another ...
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President George Washington: Calm, Cool, and Collected Commander in Chief
Feb. 22, 1732 George Washington is born in a modest house at ... Thomas Paine was an admirer of Washington and spent the desperate autumn of 1776 as an aide-de-camp in the field.
On This Day: British evacuate Boston amid American Revolution
On March 17, 1776, the Continental Army under Gen. George Washington forced British troops to evacuate Boston.
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'Father of His Country' comes to Florida: George Washington statue unveiled at Capitol
A statue of George Washington is on display at the Florida ... of the signing of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. A series of celebrations will take place across the country ...