What: The U.S. Postal Service to proudly unveil three individual commemorative stamps honoring the 250th anniversaries of the ...

The story of Peter Francisco may have ended in Richmond, but it began in the Azores, which is 3,000 miles away from Richmond, right in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean.

Lavoisier had assumed control of France’s national gunpowder production. Considered the founder of the Chemical Revolution, ...

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The United States Postal Service is commemorating 250 years of the U.S. Army, Navy and Marine Corps. with a commemorative stamp that will debut on May 16 in Washington D.C.

5,000 black men served in the Continental Army, and hundreds more served on the sea. Had George Washington been less ambivalent, more blacks might have participated on the Patriot side than with ...

When the war started, he hadn’t worn a uniform for more than a decade. Suddenly, he has to build a continental army and lead it against the mighty British. He was a modest person thrust into ...

Shortly after taking command of the Continental Army in July 1775, General George Washington ordered an accounting of the patriots’ gunpowder stores. When he learned the total available was a ...