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This International Artists Day, let’s learn about the people who shaped how we remember the American Revolution and the early days of our new nation.

The American army at Valley Forge during the winter of 1777-1778 comprised an astonishingly diverse population. Among the ranks stood men of French...

On May 6, 1778, General George Washington gathered his army on the Grand Parade at Valley Forge to celebrate the recently formed alliance with France...

It’s a gripping story – the Continental army, on the brink of defeat, huddled together to survive the winter of 1777-1778 while Philadelphia, the...

Navies have always played a large role in both maritime trade and warfare. They protect trade routes for their merchants’ vessels from pirates...

Learn how the Continental Congress let one quiet inventor prove himself, changing the seascape of naval warfare forever.

Learn more about early conflicts in the Ohio territory, which had long-been a contested landscape between British soldiers, Patriots, and Indigenous...

In many ways, the American Revolution saw women acting far outside their traditional gender roles. While men left their homes, farms, and businesses...

Even 250 years after the events of the American Revolution, there is much that historians are still piecing together about the activities of spies...

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...