ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Kent Keyser was surprised to learn a historian at a Revolutionary War battle site knows the name of his ancestor, a private from Virginia who participated in a daring nighttime ...

A number of patriots who fought or rendered aid during the American Revolution made the decision to move to Southeast Missouri. They lived the rest of their lives here, having families, and are buried ...

Charles White is buried in the Greenfield Cemetery. There have been 20 members honoring Charles White as Daughters of the American Revolution members. Six of them are descendants of Julianna. Julianna ...

On Nov. 25, 1783, Capt. Johann Ewald watched the start of the biggest party New York City had ever seen. “On all corners one saw the flag of thirteen stripes flying, cannon salutes were fired, and all ...

Ted Cox, president of the West Virginia Society of the Sons of the American Revolution and a member of the local Captain James Neal chapter, salutes as members of the chapter’s color guard present ...

Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on Reddit Share on LinkedIn Share via Email ELK GROVE VILLAGE, Ill.- History came alive at a Wreaths Across America event held Saturday, December 14th, 2024, ...

COSHOCTON − A long lost Revolutionary War hero who died in Coshocton is finally getting his due, even though his final resting place remains a mystery. A memorial stone dedication ceremony was ...

"Antiques Roadshow" appraiser Joel Bohy talks with Nanette Osborne, assessing personal documents from the Revolutionary War held in her family for almost 250 years. ("Antiques Roadshow") From Philly ...

This Boston broadside lists the names of provincial men killed, wounded, or missing after the battles of Lexington and Concord. Named among the wounded is Prince Easterbrooks, an enslaved man from ...

The Boston Massacre was a key accelerating event in the build-up to the American Revolution. The 3rd Amendment bans the ...

Introduction: As well as I can recollect -- Answer the purpose -- A strong desire to enlist -- My father caused me to enlist -- He took his father's place -- Fellow citizens Summary "Between 1819 and ...

Documentary maker Ken Burns doesn’t think today’s polarized politics are anything new, especially for a country that, as he sees it, already had two civil wars — the American Revolution of 1776 and ...