An 18th-century musket that’s linked to the Revolutionary War was stolen in 1968 from Valley Forge Park, leading to years of investigation. When the cherry wood and brass-made firearm, once a ...

BLANFORD ― He carved tools with precision and fought for a nation that barely acknowledged him. Now, Jethro Jones — Revolutionary War veteran and one of the earliest known African American toolmakers ...

Organized by the Valley Forge Tourism & Convention Board (VFTCB), event options include an in-person 5-mile run or 2-mile walk at Valley Forge National Historical Park on Sunday, April 21st, and a ...

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Volunteers who help preserve Lexington and Concord history also understand what this discovery means. “You read the books and you hear the stories, but when you actually get to see these, and ...

Some 2,260 American troops died in this conflict, which helped affirm U.S. sovereignty and identity on the world stage. Mexican-American War (1846-1848) — 13,283 deaths Library of Congress ...

Fought from 1775 to 1783, the American Revolutionary War was the United States' founding conflict, in which the American colonies fought for independence from British rule. The war was sparked by ...

Philadelphia's Museum of the American Revolution will soon display a sword belonging to a solider who fought in the final battle of the Revolutionary War. The sword belonged to Sgt. Jeremiah ...

From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to cover? Let us know! The personal effects carried by a soldier during the American Revolutionary War, ...

Molly PitcherMolly Ludwig was born Oct. 13, 1754, near Trenton, New Jersey. According to www.findagrave.com, she was sent to Carlisle at a young age to become a servant in the home of Col. William ...

He will give a lecture on local Revolutionary War heroes buried in the First and Second Burial Grounds. The event is part of the society’s 250th anniversary of The American Revolutionary War.