As the Revolutionary War spread through every region ... When he took command of the Continental Army in 1775, Washington barred the further recruitment of black soldiers, despite the fact ...

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 ...

Musket balls were previously found in the historic park of about a thousand acres outside Boston, which marks a series of ...

A home once owned by a Revolutionary War colonel is on the market now ... who fought the British from 1775 to 1779. "This ...

The men wear tricorn hats and breeches and grip hunting muskets, just as they would have on April 19, 1775. Soon a column of British ... honoring the people and actions that sparked the Revolutionary ...

This essay uses the period from 1775-1777 to highlight these issues ... Footnote 9, The Papers of George Washington: Revolutionary War Series 4, April-June 1776, ed. Philander D Chase (University ...

"We spend so much time talking it’s amazing how little we think about how we sound," writes a Midlands Voices contributor.

which was part of Washington's dining marquee during the Revolutionary War, is now on display at a museum in Philadelphia Sarah Kuta Colonial militiamen fired the lead balls on April 19, 1775 ...

He returned to the Wyoming Valley only for brief visits in 1773 and 1774. In years immediately before the Revolutionary War (1775-1781), the Wyoming Valley was under the control of the shareholders of ...

The commonwealth of Massachusetts is unveiling its plans to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the Revolutionary War.