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George Washington Was Almost Kidnapped by the British. A Surprising Twist Saved Him
When the Continental Army formed 250 years ago at the beginning of the Revolutionary War, George Washington was appointed its ...
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A divided nation still battles over the legacy of independence 250 years after the American Revolution
The semiquincentennial comes as Donald Trump, the scholarly community, and others divide over whether to have a yearlong ...
The Battle of Bunker Hill and the first martyr of the American Revolution
The American Revolution and Its Discontents." His “The Great Contradiction: The Tragic Side of the American Founding” will be ...
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The ‘Midnight Ride’ Of William Dawes, The American Revolutionary Who Rode Alongside Paul Revere
On the night of April 18, 1775, a rider set out from Boston on the eve of the American Revolution to warn colonists across ...
History Today: How US Army was founded 250 years ago
On this day in 1775, the Continental Congress, the governing body of the 13 American colonies and later the United States, ...
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250th Anniversary of Two Revolutionary War Battles
Commemorating historical battles of the American Revolution is a constant exercise here in New England, with the region ...