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A Quaker woman eavesdropped on British soldiers plotting a surprise attack—and surreptitiously warned George Washington
During the American Revolution, women across the Thirteen Colonies took on a range of nontraditional roles. Some assumed ...
The British evacuated Boston in 120 vessels, taking with them some 1,100 loyalists. The retreat represented the end of a ...
The following is an installment of “On This Day,” a series celebrating America’s 250th anniversary by following the actions of Gen. George Washington, the Continental Congress, and the men and women ...
George Washington had a problem in the winter of 1777. Smallpox was devastating the already undermanned Continental Army, and ...
The New York State Department of Veterans’ Services continued to honor state veterans at the National Purple Heart Hall of Honor, when it commemorated New York State’s official designation as a Purple ...
A ceremony was held atop wind-swept Dorchester Heights on Tuesday to commemorate the anniversary of the British evacuation of ...
The rebel American army had won its first major season of warfare. The city of Boston has celebrated the anniversary of ...
David Price never aspired to become a historian, much less a chronicler of the Ten Crucial Days campaign between Dec. 25, ...
The United States Mint (Mint) will begin accepting orders for two-roll sets and bags of the second 2026 Semiquincentennial Quarter featuring the Revolutionary War on March 27 at noon (EDT).
March 17, which many think of simply as St. Patrick's Day, also marks the 250 years since the Redcoats left Boston. Why this ...
Spokeo analyzed state government information and other historical sources to compile this list of stories behind every ...
This is the 31st in a series of in-depth stories based on the findings of the City of Frankfort’s African American Historic ...
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