Members of the Daughters of the American Revolution: Coming to address the Thirty-fifth Continental Congress of the National Society of the Daughters American Revolution reminds …
On 3 September 1783, the Peace of Paris was signed and the American War for Independence officially ended. The following excerpt from John Ferling’s Almost …
George Washington to the General, Field, & other Officers Assembled at the New Building pursuant to the General Order of the 11th Instant March. Source: …
One of the early threats to the republic came in March 1783, when a group of officers in the Continental Army decided to challenge the authority …
Francis Marion, the inspiration for Benjamin Martin’s character in the movie The Patriot, was much more than a knife-between-the-teeth warrior; he’s a man who had …
Catherine “Kate” Moore Barry, the “Heroine of the Battle of Cowpens,” rode through the back trails of South Carolina to warn of approaching British troops …
There are many different versions of the phrasing of what Continental Navy Captain John Paul Jones yelled at Royal Navy Captain Richard Pearson during the …
The Speech to the Delaware Chiefs was an address given to the Delaware Nation by General George Washington on May 12, 1779, giving them news …
Dear Sir, Col Laurens, who will have the honor of delivering you this letter, is on his way to South Carolina, on a project, which …
France entered the American Revolutionary War (1775–1783) in 1778, and assisted in the victory of the Americans seeking independence from Britain (realized in the 1783 …
