In this article – the first in a three-part series – Katie Rebecca Garner gives tips for researching your ancestor’s Revolutionary War pension... (Read More)
Check out these fun facts about the Revolutionary War and the brave men and women behind the scenes. Read on to learn more about our American heroes!.. (Read More)
Jane Hampton Cook describes how readers reacted to “Common Sense,” Thomas Paine’s popular pamphlet that rallied support for the American Revolution... (Read More)
Jane Hampton Cook describes the effect of “Common Sense,” Thomas Paine’s incredibly popular pamphlet that rallied support for the American Revolution... (Read More)
In honor of Fourth of July celebrations, Jane Hampton Cook searches old newspapers to learn more about the new nation’s first Independence Day celebration... (Read More)
Jane Hampton Cook – inspired by yesterday’s commemoration of Memorial Day – did some research to honor slain soldiers of the American Revolutionary War... (Read More)
An article about the death of American Revolution patriot Paul Revere, he of the famous “midnight ride,” at the age of 83 on 10 May 1818... (Read More)
In this article, Jane Hampton Cook writes about a disinformation campaign against George Washington while he was in Valley Forge with the Continental Army... (Read More)
In this article, Melissa Davenport Berry presents the third story in her series exploring paternity cases in the 17th century Massachusetts Bay Colony... (Read More)