In the annals of Revolutionary War soldiers, Massachusetts was full of notable figures. But there were none quite like ...

The role of Billy Flora, a free Black man, in this pivotal victory — and the erosion later of rights — show a paradox of the ...

The life story of William “Billy” Flora, a Black man and celebrated Revolutionary War hero ... free of British presence for six years, in 1781, we would not have had an army to march south ...

Born into slavery around 1760 in Virginia, James Armistead sought to serve the Continental Army, aiming to gain ... As we celebrate the heroes of the Revolutionary War, let us remember all who ...

This year, the U.S. Army Infantry Branch celebrates 250 years since its creation by the 2nd Continental Congress. Several ...

NINETEEN seventy-one arrived, not as a year, but as a violation, a savage tear in the thin skin of what we dared call life. I ...

One hero in particular spearheaded the support for the American colonies, and his nation’s efforts added up to quite a sum.

In wartime Naples or Castro’s Cuba, the inconspicuous writer-traveller was a vivid chronicler of unseen worlds.

During WWI and WWII, the Women’s Land Army contributed greatly to food production in Britain. These women worked tirelessly ...

Two hundred and fifty years after a motley band of patriots battled the British at Lexington ... an American,” said LeBeau, an Army veteran of the First Gulf War. “Maybe I’m a little naive ...