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“General Washington and Thomas Jefferson both said that the Battle of Kings Mountain was the turning point of the Revolutionary War,” according to playwright/author Robert Inman. “That’s the reason we ...
It was 250 years ago this week that Patriot militiamen carried out the first military operation of the Revolutionary War in ...
Lord Salisbury was wise to go no further. The Wood-Renton Commission has already decided the main questions at issue. The ...
One of the most common misconceptions people have is that all Americans fought for the Patriots’ cause, and that’s not true.” ...
This is the 250th anniversary of the start of the American Revolution. The celebrations have begun, notably the Boston Tea ...
According to research done by the U.S. Army War College, William Thompson's commission as the colonel of the Pennsylvania ...
The documentarian will hold a live talk at Seattle's McCaw Hall on July 14, during which a sneak preview of the documentary ...
Ravaged plantations. Houses burned to the ground. A father’s dying words for his son to avenge him. Hilton Head may not have been the site of a major Revolutionary War battle, but it was the site of ...
The Declaration of Independence condemns King George III for having “burnt our towns.” But the British were not to blame for ...
For this July 4th, we asked five South Carolinians: "250 years later, is the spirit of the American Revolution still alive?" ...
A contemporary look at a historic moment, REV FEST 250 tells the story of the American Revolution from multiple perspectives—patriots, loyalists and those caught in between. Through reenactments, ...
The Ohio History Connection is mapping patriots’ gravesites, in hope of better preserving them across the state.