Yet most of the famous American figures of the revolution were powerful landowners, with ownership over other human beings. A Duke University podcast revisits how contested ideas of "democracy ...

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A first-day-of-issue ceremony for Battlefields of the American Revolution, new Forever stamps to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the start of the American Revolutionary War. The event is free ...

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Central to this collection are several July 1776 broadsides, among the earliest printed versions of the Declaration, which played a key role in spreading the revolutionary message across the colonies.

Ted Kaye, secretary for the North American Vexillological Association, which studies flags and their meaning, said the “Appeal to Heaven” banner dates to the Revolutionary War.

Sheila Dunning would have appreciated the honor. When the local chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution donated a “Liberty Tree” to the Crestview History Museum this month, the ...

CONCORD, Mass., April 14, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- A two-acre portion of the Barrett Farm, the objective of the British Army on the first day of the American Revolution, has been saved to become part ...

The Army Reserve traces its lineage to the citizen-Soldiers of the American Revolution through men such as Capt. John Parker, whose militia stepped forward in times of crisis.