Two secret battlefield letters written by George Washington during one of the toughest winters of the Revolutionary War have ...

The British evacuated Boston in 120 vessels, taking with them some 1,100 loyalists. The retreat represented the end of a ...

A founding father’s historic wartime scribblings could now be yours. Two important letters George Washington wrote in the ...

New York City area waterways gave British forces a strong position in key Westchester faceoffs against American troops in 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 ...

George Washington has long been highly regarded as the father of his country. It's hard to imagine that the 13 original colonies that became the United States would have won their independence from ...

Somerset County played a pivotal role in the American Revolution. Explore the sites where history was made.

March 17, which many think of simply as St. Patrick's Day, also marks the 250 years since the Redcoats left Boston. Why this is a key date in American history ...

Jacob Francis, a free Black man from Amwell Township, fought in the Revolutionary War and overcame racism to become a ...

Col. William Washington (1752-1810) was one of the Continental Army’s most-capable cavalry commanders and a key figure in the Southern Campaign of the American Revolution. A second cousin of George ...