Don Wildman hops across the Atlantic from American History Hit to Echoes of History to help Matt Lewis understand how two tiny towns became the spark that lit the fire of the American War of ...
As the Revolutionary War spread through every region ... And I hereby further declare all indented servants, Negroes, or others (appertaining to Rebels) free, that are able and willing to bear ...
Patrick Mantle, an East Rockaway, N.Y., history buff, needs a few good men and women—and even children—to fill the ranks of the Huntington Militia. Mantle isn’t some radical firebrand.
For most Americans of the time, the Revolutionary War was a struggle for freedom and ... famously helped at the Battle of Springfield, New Jersey, in 1780. Upon noticing that the company had ...