When the fields of the Battles of Concord and Lexington settled north of us here in the Tri-Town, the information had to travel about 70 miles until it reached us. This means it was about a day’s ride ...

At old Castine Cemetery, in Butler Township, lays two Patriots: David Harriman 1756-1842 and Samuel Satterley 1745-1833. In ...

Wikimedia Commons/Not found Tun Tavern On November 10, 1775, the Continental Congress commissioned Samuel Nicholas to raise ...

A sweeping new history explores facial hair as a proving ground for notions about gender, race, and rebellion.

Throughout this week, Washington was in regular contact with John Trumbull, John Hancock, and the Continental Congress. This was primarily a time of organization and preparation for more fighting to ...

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As we’ll see, the colonists were heirs of the Lockean tradition. As a result, freedom, reason, and revelation formed a conceptual trinity in the American Revolution. The powerful alliance of these ...

Abigail Adams was the wife of Founding Father and second president John Adams. She famously asked him to “remember the ladies ...

The nationwide protests are in response to the Trump administration’s efforts to undermine civil rights and democratic ...

Perhaps no publication contributed more to the Colonials' drive for independence from Great Britain than Thomas Paine's ...

There’s plenty to admire about Abigail Adams. She’s perhaps most famous for urging the Continental Congress, through her ...