By Henry HoweDirector, Fort Jackson Museum CommunityWhen the American Revolution began on April 19, 1775, the colonies relied on local militias to ...

JERICHO, April 1, 2025 (WAFA) — Israeli colonists unlawfully occupied the Al-Auja Spring area north of Jericho on Tuesday afternoon, declaring the area a closed military zone. The move comes as ...

By 1770, more than 4,000 British soldiers were garrisoned in a town populated by 16,000 people. On Feb. 22, 1770, a group of young colonists protested a local merchant who declined to participate ...

When the war ended in 1763, Great Britain was deep in debt, and still had to bear the high cost of keeping soldiers stationed permanently in the colonies. To help pay for these military operations ...

Street protests continued on through the late 1760s. Customs officials in the colonies pleaded with the British crown to send soldiers to maintain order. By October 1768 Boston was home to 4,000 ...