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A new interactive traveling exhibit, exploring the personal stories and pivotal moments of the Revolutionary War, will be on ...
Volunteers and local businesses unite to restore the Blachly Family Cemetery in Elwood, honoring Revolutionary War militiaman ...
“Call To Arms: The Soldier and the Revolutionary War” opened June 7 on the Army’s 250th birthday. It has artifacts never before displayed together.
Workers digging at Manhattan's World Trade Center site 15 years ago made an improbable discovery: sodden timbers from a boat built during the Revolutionary War that had been buried more than two ...
A Revolutionary War-era boat is being reconstructed more than two centuries after being buried deep beneath Manhattan’s expanding shoreline.
Researchers in NYC work to restore a boat that was used to protect Philly in the Revolutionary War after being uncovered at the World Trade Center.
William Harvey Carney, born in slavery, was the hero of the Battle of Battery Wagner, fought in South Carolina in 1863.
A version of this story was published in 2013; it has been updated for 2025. This article was originally published on mentalfloss.com as 7 Revolutionary War-Era Drinks for An Old-Timey Fourth of July.
Time Warp Along Telegraph Goes from Revolutionary Sites to Civil War Part three of the Telegraph Road series goes to the edge of Alexandria.
Research assistant Marissa Agerton cleans a piece of wood from a Revolutionary War-era gunboat to prepare for the craft’s partial reconstruction at the New York State Museum, Friday, May 30 ...
Kurt Russell honors his family ties to the Revolutionary War As Arlington commemorates the 250th anniversary of the start of the American Revolution, Kurt Russell and his son are learning more ...