The great majority were neutral or Loyalist. For black people, what mattered most was freedom. As the Revolutionary War spread through every region, those in bondage sided with whichever army ...

Many of the men who took part in the Congress left traces across the state that remain visible today. Witherspoon's home, ...

Warburton Ave. Yonkers, NY 10701 Meet the Women of Revolutionary Westchester: A Living History Family Day Saturday, June 28, ...

It’s 1775 and the Revolutionary War is about to begin. Which side would you choose? The Greenwich Historical Society’s current exhibition — "Greenwich During the Revolutionary War, a Frontier Town on ...

A mix of professional soldiers, Loyalist militias and opportunistic ... Adrian Coulter Leiby recounted in "The Revolutionary War in the Hackensack Valley." They hit the village at 5 a.m. The ...

How did the Revolutionary War affect life in New Jersey ... (Example: Man sells corn to loyalist militia; patriot neighbor burns corn field). New Jersey was a "checkerboard" of loyalists and ...

There’s a loyalist named John Peters who was like ... Dao: So we’re in the heart of Revolutionary War history here in Boston. The Old State House is right across the street and that includes ...

Christopher Gadsden, Charles Pinckney, and Edward Rutledge are just some of the Revolutionary ... who joined the Loyalist ranks and Patriot forces during the war and present the stories of these ...

Signs of New Jersey's first rebels in the American Revolutionary War can be found all around ... known for tracking down loyalist sympathizers and organizing enforcement of the Continental ...