This little town in Himachal Pradesh has a long history of being the place where criminals were sent. It even gets its name ...

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Military victories were essential in helping America win its independence from Britain. Early successes gave the Patriots ...

On June 14, 1775, the Continental Congress voted to replace the colonies' part-time militias with a full-time army – and ...

British infantrymen assembled at the base of Breed’s Hill, one of two promontories that comprised the Charlestown Heights ...

The commander-in-chief initially barred black soldiers from joining the ranks, but he came to understand the value—both moral and strategic—of a diverse force.

Battle of Bunker Hill marked one of the most pivotal moments in the early years in the American Revolution, as thousands of ...

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Edda Fields-Black was working on a book about rice plantations when she came across the story of a raid in Beaufort that ...