Documentarian Ken Burns and his team discuss their new series exploring the country’s founding and war for independence on ...

Hessians are from the German state of Hesse-Cassel, located in modern day Germany. Approximately 30,000 of them were hired by the British to help them fight the American Revolution. Archaeologist Wade ...

Officials believe the Hessian soldiers were among the roughly 377 troops killed by Colonials forces during the battle 245 years ago. Fourteen American soldiers were killed in that battle ...

Program on Hessians during the American Revolution presented at Berks History Center The well-attended program drew the largest in-person crowd post COVID, BHC official says.

Researchers believe they have uncovered at a battle site in New Jersey the remains of as many as 12 Hessian soldiers who fought during the Revolutionary War.

For the first time, our nation's American flag was flown in battle, on this day in history, Sept. 3, 1777, during a Revolutionary War skirmish at Cooch's Bridge, Delaware. Here's the background.

An archaeological dig at Red Bank Battlefield in southern New Jersey unearthed human remains suspected to be Hessian soldiers of the Revolutionary War.

The Museum of the American Revolution is hosting the largest gathering of Revolutionary War flags in one place since the war itself. Seventeen of the 30 flags known to still exist are included in the ...

At the Museum of the American Revolution in Philadelphia, a new exhibition has gathered together 17 historic flags that served as symbols of liberty Sonja Anderson - Daily Correspondent April 28, 2025 ...