When commanded, they unsheathed their swords and bowed in salute ... memoriam of two soldiers who served in the American Revolutionary War. But it isn’t 1783. It’s 2023, and the descendants ...

This lecture was part of the American Revolutionary War in the West conference hosted by the St. Charles County (MO) Historical Society. This lesson explores the weapons used by the British ...

The Revolutionary War was premodern: At Saratoga ... Combat was often up close and personal, with edged weapons: swords, knives, hatchets and especially bayonets. Eighteenth-century America ...

In 1775, a ragtag army of farmers and tradesmen went to war against the most powerful army in the world, ultimately winning American independence. What military technologies did the American ...

This month sees the official launch of the Revolutionary War commemorations — the beginning of a year-and-a-half-long celebration leading up to next year’s Semiquincentennial. And the (mostly ...

Most notably, Massachusetts is known as the birthplace of the Revolutionary War, with the first battle of the war taking place in the state — a landmark event in the history of the United States ...

How many times did David Beach apply for his Revolutionary War pension? How much did Joseph Smead of Massachusetts receive for his? Did Ephraim Blackmer ever get the land warrant he applied for ...

A review of 'This Fierce People: The Untold Story of America’s Revolutionary War in the South,' by Alan Pell Crawford This Fierce People: The Untold Story of America’s Revolutionary War in the ...

"Antiques Roadshow" appraiser Joel Bohy talks with Nanette Osborne, assessing personal documents from the Revolutionary War held in her family for almost 250 years. ("Antiques Roadshow") From Philly ...

From the bravery of the Massachusetts Minutemen to the famous midnight ride of Paul Revere to the very first battle of the Revolutionary War, Massachusetts was a host for several key happenings ...