On March 17, 1776, British troops and loyalist civilians began evacuating Boston as approximately 11,000 soldiers and more ...
A ceremony was held atop wind-swept Dorchester Heights on Tuesday to commemorate the anniversary of the British evacuation of ...
President Trump said that the Continental Army "took over the airports" from the British during the American Revolutionary War during his Fourth of July "Salute to America" speech.
On March 17, 1776, the Continental Army under Gen. George Washington forced British troops to evacuate Boston.
George Washington had a problem in the winter of 1777. Smallpox was devastating the already undermanned Continental Army, and much-needed new recruits were being quarantined for a month as a ...
The rebel American army had won its first major season of warfare. The city of Boston has celebrated the anniversary of ...
As the United States approaches its 250th birthday, we are reminded by the American Revolution that the nation's independence ...
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 ...
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 ...
The Continental Army was made up of ordinary Americans, like Joseph Plumb Martin. Joseph Plumb Martin was one of the many ordinary Americans who made up the Continental Army. As they began to disband, ...
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 ...