Revolutionary battles where General Washington secured his legacy as "First in War." Congress created the Continental Army on June 14, 1775, and John Adams nominated George Washington to serve as the ...

LEXINGTON, Mass. (AP) — Thousands of people came to Lexington, Massachusetts, just before dawn on Saturday to witness a reenactment of how the American Revolutionary War began 250 years ago, with the ...

Newark Advocate history columnist Doug Stout completes the story of John George Hoover, who fought under Gen. George ...

Colonists’ loyalties were split during the Revolutionary War, as shown in the Battle of Brandywine. Revolutionary War reenactors recreate the Battle of Brandywine on the grounds of the Chadds Ford ...

Deep in the pine forests of South Carolina, the trees stretch endlessly across the horizon. To the untrained eye, it's just another patch of wilderness. But beneath the sandy soil of Camden lies ...

In this video, you’ll see how Revolutionary War militias prepared their muskets for battle, step by step — from loading powder and ball to firing the weapon, just as soldiers would have done in the ...

In Massachusetts, Revolutionary War reenactors gathered on the 250th anniversary of the Battles of Lexington and Concord, the first battles of the War for Independence. RASCOE: In the towns of ...

As America's 250th birthday approaches (with the grim reaper looming large), the distinguished documentarian's 12-hour series on our country's first - and, he argues, ongoing - revolution aims to ...

As one of the oldest colonies in what is now the United States, Massachusetts played a vital role in the country's early history. From the bravery of the Massachusetts Minutemen to the famous midnight ...

Deborah Sampson covered her chest with a tight piece of cloth, adopted a man's name and enlisted in the Continental Army's elite light infantry in 1782. For 17 months, she marched through the Hudson ...