Boston may have lit the fuse, but Philly is where the Revolution really went down. Caught in the middle of all the fury and foment were roughly 40,000 everyday Philadelphians trying to make do ...

With [the Revolutionary War], it's harder to do because we're using smooth-bore guns that don't necessarily leave a signature. But what they do leave is a caliber, and they also leave a location.

By using surviving artifacts, eyewitness testimony, accurately reproduced uniforms, original firearms and the thorough study of battle sites, Don Troiani has done more than imagine what happened ...

In the annals of Revolutionary War soldiers, Massachusetts was full of notable figures. But there were none quite like Deborah Sampson, who disguised herself as a man to fight with the Continental ...

LEXINGTON — On April 19, 1775, the Revolutionary War began. On April 20, 1775, Concord and Lexington began fighting over where exactly that war began. Now, with the 250th anniversary approaching ...

Revolutionary War Weapons. Explore key military technologies in the American colonies’ fight for freedom. Premiered: 4/10/25 Runtime: 53:39 Topic: Military + Espionage Military & Espionage NOVA.

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 ...

Two hundred and fifty years ago, shots fired in Lexington and Concord set off the Revolutionary War. A new nation, independent from Britain, was about to be born.

His lecture, “Revolutionary war graves in the First and Second Burial Grounds,” at the society’s Stevens Center, 800 Massachusetts Ave., on Tuesday was part of REV250, a celebration of the ...

Nevertheless, several notable movies and TV series, both fictional and nonfictional, have shone a fascinating light on both the Revolutionary War and those who fought in it. NEWSLETTERS Emailed Daily.

This Fierce People: The Untold Story of America’s Revolutionary War in the South, by Alan Pell Crawford (Alfred A. Knopf, 315 pp., $29.25). I ndependence Day is a good day to consider how our ...