Dr. Benjamin Rush
Like many of the great men of the Revolution, Benjamin Rush was a multi-faceted man: a politician, physician, humanitarian, educator, and signer of...
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Common Diseases of the 18th and 19th Century
In an age before modern medicine, getting sick from disease was a scary but normal part of life. There were several common illnesses that were found...
Test Your Knowledge of the Battle of Saratoga
How well do you know the Battle of Saratoga? Take our online quiz to test your knowledge of this western theater battle!
Trenton | First Battle | Dec 26, 1776
BATTLE MAP | The American Battlefield Trust's map of the First Battle of Trenton on December 26, 1776.
Daniel Nimham
Born in approximately 1726, Daniel Nimham grew to stand as a protector of his fellow Wappinger — or Stockbridge — Indians in the Hudson River Valley...
What is a Minuteman?
The marker sits upon the northeast corner of the Town Common in Lexington, Massachusetts. The granite slab denotes the approximate spot where...
The Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence is one of the founding and most fundamental documents of the United States. On July 4, 1776, during the American...
Battle of the Bands
From Revolution to Civil War, music has provided an outlet for American soldiers in camp and propelled them forward in battle. Lyrics were often...
Colonel Tye
The origins of the Black Loyalist leader known as “Colonel Tye” are uncertain. Recent scholarship seems to point to a man named Titus, who was born...
The Revolutionary War in Kentucky
For generations, Native Americans utilized the verdant forests, streams, and meadows south of the Ohio River as their hunting grounds. At the...
Carl Ulrich von Donop
Carl Ulrich von Donop was a Hessian colonel who served with the British Army during the American Revolution. Born into a noble family in Hesse-Kassel...
Shays' Rebellion
In 1786, only a few years after the end of the Revolutionary War, the new United States had to confront a crisis: a rebellion was brewing in the very...