With “Rebellion 1776,” Anderson returns once again to the Revolutionary War era. Set in Boston, the story begins toward the ...

On Jan. 24, 1776, Henry Knox, a bold, portly bookseller and former Bostonian, solved the first problem. Having seized Fort Ticonderoga, in upstate New York, he and his men dragged the garrison’s ...

You know about the leprechauns and the Irish and the pot of gold, but did you know that St. Patrick's Day has another ...

Feb. 22, 1732 George Washington is born in a modest house at ... Thomas Paine was an admirer of Washington and spent the desperate autumn of 1776 as an aide-de-camp in the field.

On March 17, 1776, the Continental Army under Gen. George Washington forced British troops to evacuate Boston.

George Washington was the son of Augustine Washington (1694-1743) and his second wife, Mary Ball Washington (1708-1789). The Washington family moved to Ferry Farm Plantation in 1738. Located on the ...