The Making of The American Revolution is available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS App, available on iPhone, Apple TV, Android TV, Android smartphones, Amazon Fire TV, Amazon Fire Tablet, Roku, ...
More than a decade before he became the country's first president, George Washington was leading a critical campaign in the early days of the American Revolution. The Siege of Boston was his first ...
Today, July 4, marks the 249 th birthday of the United States of America. That puts America 365 days from the big 250, a pretty good run for something as temporary-sounding as the “American Experiment ...
By the Revolutionary War in the late 1770s, those marking the anniversary of St. Patrick’s death on March 17 included Irish ...
The British devised a Southern Strategy to regain control of the American colonies, starting with North Carolina. Loyalist forces, numbering around 1,600, were confronted by Patriot militia on their ...
The Patriots catch wind of a secret British plan to move troops from Boston into Concord and they dispatch William Dawes and Paul Revere to warn other Patriots that the British are coming. The British ...
As the United States approaches the 250th anniversary of its founding, two works offer valuable, fresh views of the American Revolution. Burns’s 12-hour film sweeps across the long struggle with the ...
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — The Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum is partnering with the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) Sophie de Marsac Campau Chapter to bring a brand new traveling exhibit to ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Brothers Marvin (left) and Kevin Graham, descendants of Zachariah Jacobs, a man from Southeastern N.C. who fought on the American ...
Rhode Island's small size and unique charter led the British to often overlook its role in the American Revolution. Despite some contributions, such as creating the Continental Navy, Rhode Island's ...
A cause of death has been confirmed for “The Thing” and “Punky Brewster” star T.K. Carter, who was found dead at his California home last month at age 69. The actor, whose legal name was Thomas Kent ...
New York City area waterways gave British forces a strong position in key Westchester faceoffs against American troops in the Revolutionary War.