By Henry HoweDirector, Fort Jackson Museum CommunityWhen the American Revolution began on April 19, 1775, the colonies relied on local militias to ...

As America get ready to mark its 250th birthday, we take a look at the time the British troops raided Bergen County towns.

This year, the U.S. Army Infantry Branch celebrates 250 years since its creation by the 2nd Continental Congress. Several ...

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 ...

I feel myself unequal to this business” confessed John Adams, of the “grand scene open before me—a Congress.” In the fall of ...

In 1634, English colonists sent by Lord Baltimore arrived in present-day Maryland. In 1776, Gen. George Washington, commander of the Continental Army, was awarded the first Congressional Gold Medal by ...