On March 17, 1776, British troops and loyalist civilians began evacuating Boston as approximately 11,000 soldiers and more ...

George Washington had a problem in the winter of 1777. Smallpox was devastating the already undermanned Continental Army, and ...

As the United States approaches its 250th birthday, we are reminded by the American Revolution that the nation's independence ...

Inoculation effectively eliminated smallpox as a threat to American troops, ending outbreaks that had removed large numbers of soldiers from service.

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Duquesne University professor and former U.S. Army officer Holly Mayer provided introductory remarks for her lecture about the creation of the ...

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Douglas Branson, author of "Washington's Lieutenants," talked about the leadership structure of the Continental Army during the American ...

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Delegates from all thirteen colonies convene for the Second Continental Congress at the Pennsylvania State House in Philadelphia. The representatives remain divided — some hopeful for reconciliation ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In 1775, a year before there was a United States and six weeks after the Continental Army was formed, George Washington made a ...

Two-hundred and fifty years ago, the representatives of the Second Continental Congress agreed: “Resolved, that six companies of expert riflemen, be immediately raised in Pennsylvania, two in Maryland ...

TOWAMENCIN — Local historians Brian Hagey and Victor Verbeke informed the township that its application was recently approved by the state’s Historic Preservation Office, Board of Supervisors ...