Rather than choose to use the force of his command—or implicit threats—Washington chose the path of moral persuasion.

Researchers identified the shipwreck as HMS Hind, a British frigate that intercepted American ships in the Atlantic before ...

Uncover the real story behind Molly Pitcher, the Revolutionary War legend who symbolizes women’s courage, resilience, and ...

Students from across New York’s North Country are going back in time to live a day in the life of an American Revolutionary ...

The Revolutionary War officially began in 1775, with fighting at Lexington and Concord in Massachusetts. It did not formally end until after the Siege of Yorktown in 1781, with an official peace ...

We often imagine the American Revolution as a heroic struggle for liberty won on the battlefields by patriotic ...

Historians have put together an app that guides users to significant sites around the city, just in time for the 250th ...

Famed documentarian Ken Burns visited Portland this week to show excerpts from the upcoming documentary series, "The American ...

It effectively became a declaration of war: the American Revolutionary War, or the American War of Independence, which lasted from 1775 to 1783. By contrast, ...

ZANESVILLE – Isaac Van Horne Sr. is just one of 194 Revolutionary War soldiers buried in Muskingum County and eight believed ...

The Lexington Minute Men will join hundreds of other reenactors on Aug. 2-3 to recreate the American Revolution at Old ...

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