Two secret battlefield letters written by George Washington during one of the toughest winters of the Revolutionary War have ...

Yellowed by time and brown around the edges, the four- by-seven-inch booklet titled “Regulation for the Order and Discipline of the Troops of the United States” helped transform the Continental Army ...

As the United States approaches its 250th birthday, we are reminded by the American Revolution that the nation's independence ...

Trenton, N.J., high school students recently created a project that honors the role African Americans played in the founding of America.

For decades, members of the Machias Historical Society and local volunteers have pieced together the story of how this small community played an outsized role in the Revolutionary War.

The patriots weaponized Jane McCrea's death to demonize their enemies and paint Indigenous people as uniquely violent ...

A lecture at the Battleship North Carolina highlighted the overlooked contributions of Black soldiers from the state during the Revolutionary War. An estimated 468 Black men from North Carolina served ...

Black and Indigenous soldiers, including Caesar Ferrit and his two sons, fought in the American Revolution. The Ferrits took part in the Battle of Lexington and Concord, firing upon retreating British ...

GREENSBORO. N.C. (WGHP) — If you can read cursive, you could be part of a national effort to rediscover the stories of Revolutionary War soldiers. Kathleen Quinby lives in Greensboro, and she is one ...

“The greatest part of those that have enlisted are free Negroes [and] Mulattoes,” a Maryland recruitment officer reported in 1780. The statement, preserved in the Archives of Maryland, points to a ...

Enduring freezing temperatures and deep snow, Samuel Sutphin fought in the historic Battle of Princeton, while most likely in his bare feet. An enslaved man from Hunterdon County, Sutphin and other ...

In celebration of the 250 th Anniversary of our country, local members of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution will highlight the patriots buried in Southeast Missouri. Amos Byrd ...