Maryland 400 Revolutionary militia to be remembered. August 21, 2024 Theodore W. General The Old Stone House ... preventing the utter defeat of the colonies at the outset of the war. ...

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

The event ties into the Southern Maryland National Heritage Area’s mission to preserve the region’s Revolutionary past, including the 1781 Battle of St. George Island, where local militia ...

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Now retired, she’s begun digging into Revolutionary War pension files, where she uncovered the story of her fourth great grandfather, a member of the Maryland militia who was wounded twice ...

More than 83,000 pension records from the Revolutionary War require preservation ahead of commemorations of the conflict's 250th anniversary in 2026. The National Archives Needs Your Help ...

He settled near Taneytown in 1775 where he volunteered to serve in the Maryland militia and joined Captain Key’s company at the end of 1776. He filed for a Revolutionary War pension in a ...

HAGERSTOWN, Md. (DC News Now) — This Saturday, everyone is invited to a Revolutionary War-era reenactment at the Hagerstown City Park. Living historians will showcase military drills on the ...

At the Battle of St. George Island in 1776, the local Maryland militia under Capt. Rezin Beall hid in the bushes on the shoreline and fired on the British, preventing them from landing a second time.

CONCORD, Mass. -- Nearly 250 years ago, hundreds of militiamen lined a hillside in Massachusetts and started firing a barrage of musket balls toward retreating British troops, marking the first ...

Archaeologists found a handful of musket balls near a famed Revolutionary War bridge in Massachusetts — and they were likely fired by a colonial militia during a skirmish that later inspired the ...

Revolutionary War ammo unearthed. Musket balls from 1775 battle found. July 21, 2024 at 4:00 a.m. by MICHAEL CASEY The Associated Press ...