British troops and loyalists fled Boston by ship for Canada in "disgrace" after nearly a decade of occupation that incited protest, bloodshed and then revolution, on this day in history, March 17, ...

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PICATINNY ARSENAL, N.J. -- It was November of 1776 and for Gen. George Washington and his Continental Army the prospects of establishing a new country apart from British rule was looking bleak. After ...

Delegates from all thirteen colonies convene for the Second Continental Congress at the Pennsylvania State House in Philadelphia. The representatives remain divided — some hopeful for reconciliation ...

One year after a remarkable American victory over the British in the Revolutionary War, residents of Charleston held a public celebration. The commemoration, organized by The Palmetto Society ...

KINGSTON, N.Y. — Members of the 24th Regiment of Foot Revolutionary War reenactment group were a hit with visitors to the Kingston Farmers Market on Saturday. A small contingent of soldiers and ...

The Carolina Corps achieved emancipation through military service, paving the way for future fighters in the British Empire to do the same Kinsey Gidick An 1812 illustration of a private from the ...

This image provided by Colonial Williamsburg Foundation shows bricks that were believed to be part of military barracks during the American Revolution at an archaeological dig at Colonial Williamsburg ...