Travis Bowman is a seventh-generation descendant of one of America's most remarkable yet overlooked Revolutionary War heroes: ...

Did you know Richmond played host to a brief chapter in the War for Independence? On Jan. 5, 1781, 800 British Soldiers raided Richmond by climbing onto Chimbarazo Hill.

When Martha Ballard began her diary in 1785, the Revolutionary War had been over for just a year. The states, still a confederation and almost entirely agrarian, had a total population of under 4 ...

The day ended in a British retreat to Boston. But the war would be long — John Adams had predicted it might span 10 years — and the outcome never assured. On June 17, the Americans ...

In conjunction with the National Wreaths Across America Day on Dec. 14, Horseshoe Prairie Chapter DAR members placed wreaths ...