William Thompson, a man rarely if ever mentioned in American history books, became the first commissioned colonel in the ...

Most people know that the July 4th holiday celebrates the day the United States of America gained its Independence (the […] ...

The National Museum of Health and Medicine is located on the Fort Detrick-Forest Glen Annex in Silver Spring, easily accessible for Maryland residents and visitors to the DC metro area. Admission is ...

On July Fourth, actor Kurt Russell visited a small museum in Massachusetts dedicated to his ancestor, who was killed by ...

During the American Revolution, Louisiana — which was then under Spanish rule — played a significant role in supporting the ...

Inscription: 1-50, McPhaul’s Mill. Rendezvous point for local Tories. Near here on Sept. 1, 1781, David Fanning’s men routed ...

Revolutionary War patriot and former Alexandrian citizen James Campbell was honored June 22 with a grave marking by the Colonel William Grayson Chapter, Sons of the American Revolution.

Families at Aberdeen Proving Ground have a new community park dedicated on Tuesday to a military trailblazer.

Local historian Larry Smith is set to give a “sanctifying” ceremony of dedication to the 22 American Revolutionary War patriots interred in the Presbyterian Church cemetery in Bedford along Juliana St ...

Monument planned ahead of Semiquincentennial in 2026 The Patrick County Historical Society and Museum is seeking the names of ...

The Battle of Oriskany The American Revolution tore apart the mighty Iroquois confederacy on August 6, 1777, during a savage ambush near Fort Stanwix. British forces and Mohawk warriors trapped ...

Chief Cornstalk had crossed the Ohio River to stop Colonel Andrew Lewis and his 1,000 militia from linking up with Lord ...