COLUMBUS, Ga. (WRBL) — Revolutionary War soldier, Samuel Cooper, was honored by community members and the boy scouts in Columbus in light of Independence Day. Cooper Creek and Cooper Creek Park both ...
While George Washington’s army waged war against Britain, Yellow Springs Hospital fought a deadlier enemy: contagious disease.
Polk County dedicated a memorial to Pvt. Samuel Quinton, its only known Revolutionary War soldier. Quinton served in the South Carolina militia and fought in the Battle of Kings Mountain. He later ...
Deep in the pine forests of South Carolina, the trees stretch endlessly across the horizon. To the untrained eye, it's just another patch of wilderness. But beneath the sandy soil of Camden lies ...
A slice of American history is up for grabs in Greenlawn, Long Island. Laura and Robert Dunne are parting ways with their beloved 18th-century home — a timber-frame house built in the 1770s by a ...
America celebrates its 250th birthday next year, but this year marks the semiquincentennials of the Army, Navy and Marine Corps, all founded in 1775. As such, the National Museum of the United States ...
Deborah Sampson covered her chest with a tight piece of cloth, adopted a man's name and enlisted in the Continental Army's elite light infantry in 1782. For 17 months, she marched through the Hudson ...
A Revolutionary War soldier's grave in the Ozarks will be honored with a bronze marker. James Barham served in the Virginia Militia and was present at the Yorktown surrender. Barham's grave first ...
Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Colonial Williamsburg Foundation Mechanical Arts & Numismatics Senior Curator Erik Goldstein provided a brief history of research into the weapons ...
We tend to think we know a lot about the Revolutionary War since we learned “the greatest hits” in school—the Boston Tea Party, Paul Revere’s famous ride, Washington’s crossing of the Delaware. It’s ...