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John Slaughter, Southern Campaign of the American Revolution Group Superintendent, reflects on this Revolutionary War battlefield in celebration of...

On January 13, 1775, the British appointed governor of New Jersey, William Franklin, stood in front of the New Jersey Legislator and implored them to...

Cuffee Wells was born in Guiana, South America. His date of birth is unknown. When he was a child, he was sent to Connecticut and enslaved under a...

Named after the hometown of his owner Jeremiah Belknap, Peter Salem was born in Framingham, Massachusetts on October 1, 1750. In early 1775, Belknap...

In his 1775 treatise, Taxation No Tyranny, British author Dr. Samuel Johnson rhetorically asked, “How is it that we hear the loudest yelps for liberty...

Fort Ticonderoga, derived from the Iroquois word meaning “between two waters,” was aptly seated at the confluence of Lake George and Lake Champlain...

Despite not being American, Charles Gravier, Comte de Vergennes, was one of the most important figures in securing American independence. He was born...

Though sometimes undervalued in wider cultural memory, almost every historian of the American Revolution acknowledges that without aid and...

One of the lesser known cities that took part in the Revolutionary War, Richmond, Virginia, was home to many revolutionary figures that influenced the...

The youngest son of French Huguenot refugees, John Jay was born on a farm in New Rochelle, New York, on December 12, 1745. His mother taught him until...

Night raids always presented unforeseen dangers. Lunar and weather conditions usually determined the right evening to engage in an offensive strike...

While histories of the American Revolution tend to focus on just how bad the Americans had it: indeed, there is no getting around this fact; it can...