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Long Island’s newest steakhouse is a fascinating nod to the Culper spy ring, a local group of Revolutionary War double agents ...
Parliament’s Stamp Act tax of the mid-1760s ignited the Anglo-American conflict. Yet, as historians broadly agree, it was ...
For this July 4th, we asked five South Carolinians: "250 years later, is the spirit of the American Revolution still alive?" ...
The Museum of the American Revolution unveils its largest Revolutionary War flag exhibit in over two centuries, marking a historic milestone in American history.
The Declaration of Independence condemns King George III for having “burnt our towns.” But the British were not to blame for ...
Was the founding father of the American Navy a pirate? How does one of the most notorious pirates in British history become an iconic hero of the American Revolution? Long before he went toe-to ...
Almost every trapping of Independence Day is due to Mother England in some way or another. In fact, it is fair to ask why we ever declared independence from England in the first place. And the ...
The most sensational rumor going back more than a century, is that Margaret Kemble Gage, the wife of the British general, helped tip off the American Revolution.
July 4 marks the day the U.S. adopted the Declaration of Independence in 1776, breaking away from British rule and laying the ...
WILLIAMSBURG -- Four rare American battle flags captured by the British during the Revolutionary War are getting their first extended public homecoming in an exhibit at the Museums of Colonial ...
Parliament’s Stamp Act tax of the mid-1760s ignited the Anglo-American conflict. Yet, as historians broadly agree, it was ...