There were Black soldiers fighting for the British. But others went to war for the colonists — who compared their own plight ...
The role of Billy Flora, a free Black man, in this pivotal victory — and the erosion later of rights — show a paradox of the ...
At mid-month, the royal governor of Massachusetts, a military man, planned to confiscate the gunpowder and weapons rumored to ...
Ted Widmer, a consulting editor for this special issue of Globe Ideas, is the author of “Lincoln on the Verge: Thirteen Days ...
This project is supported in part by a grant from the Virginia American Revolution ... being free of British presence for six years, in 1781, we would not have had an army to march south with ...
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British military outpost from 1781 unearthed in rare archaeological find in FloridaA rare glimpse into American history has been unearthed: a never-before-seen British military outpost has surfaced on the ...
On March 17, 1776, the Continental Army under Gen. George Washington forced British troops to evacuate Boston.
Born into slavery around 1760 in Virginia, James Armistead sought to serve the Continental Army ... on British troop movements and strategies, directly contributing to the American victory ...
Former Pasadena Mayor William Paparian served on active duty in the Marine Corps during the Vietnam War and serves today as a ...
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For two months, liberals have asked themselves when the widespread, street-scale mobilization to oppose Donald Trump will ...
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What Spurred the South to Join the American Revolution?How a disagreement with a Scottish lord over westward expansion, a cache of gunpowder, and the future of enslaved labor ...
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