On April 19, 1775, Paul Revere and William Dawes rode ... The day ended in a British retreat to Boston. But the war would be long — John Adams had predicted it might span 10 years ...
Unlike the Continental Army, the Navy recruited both free and enslaved blacks from the very start of the Revolutionary War -- partly out ... Mark Starlins. In 1775, Jeremiah Thomas, a pilot ...
As the story of the battle goes, in June 1775, American forces learned about ... variations of the quote existed for centuries before the Revolutionary War. One of the earliest may have come ...
The only Revolutionary War veteran buried in Whiteside County was honored Oct. 5 by the Kishwaukee Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution, which installed a commemorative plaque at a cemetery ...
The Marine Corps celebrates its birthday on Nov. 10, which marks when the Continental Marines were founded on that day in ...
The Great Bridge Battlefield & Waterways History Foundation protects, preserves and promotes the history of the Battle of ...