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I f seeing a musket turn a nice, ripe honeydew into fruit salad at 60 yards is your idea of fun, “Revolutionary War Weapons” ...
Lectures focus on Bergen County's role in the founding of the United States as part of the festivities commemorating the ...
For most Americans of the time, the Revolutionary War was a struggle for freedom and ... New Jersey in the Continental Congress from 1776 to 1782. Not only did he serve on over one hundred ...
There’s a chapter in Virginia’s Indigenous history that’s been largely untold. This Saturday, historic Smithfield museum in ...
Laurie Halse Anderson returns to the Revolutionary War era with a timely new novel for young readers. Cover illustration for “Rebellion 1776.”Credit...Chantal Horeis Supported by By Avi Avi ...
Evacuation Day commemorates the day in 1776 that British General William Howe and his troops evacuated Boston, following the first battles of the Revolutionary War. In the spirit of Massachusetts ...
"As they write, participants engage with the Constitution, finding that the words connect and resonate in a new light," event ...
Blame the Patriots more than the cunning Dunmore. Norfolk native Andrew Lawler’s latest book is a lively gathering of ...
While John Adams called for a declaration of independence in the Continental Congress, a down-on-his-luck Englishman named Thomas Paine sounded the clarion call for revolution in January 1776 ...
Many students of American history know that the Revolutionary War effectively ended at Yorktown ... the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. Andrew Lawler’s interesting and important ...