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How an American Merchant, a French Official and a Pioneering Chemist Smuggled Much-Needed Gunpowder to the Continental ArmyShortly after taking command of the Continental Army in July 1775, General George Washington ordered an accounting of the ...
Jane Kamensky is the president and CEO of Monticello and the author of “A Revolution in Color: The World of John Singleton ...
On April 12, 1776, the 4th Provincial Congress in session at Halifax passed a resolution that became known as “The Halifax Resolves.” In this document, North Carolinians declared ...
Library houses replica Declarations of Independence, while local town hall is modeled on a colonial predecessor ...
Windows, modest by modern standards but generous for colonial architecture, filter sunlight through wavy antique glass during ...
This unassuming treasure, marked by its distinctive red facade and teal roof in the Midway Shopping Center, has been satisfying carnivorous cravings for decades with a reverence for tradition that ...
The phrase “Give me liberty or give me death!” has survived the centuries like a line in a Shakespeare play. It’s been ...
Blame the Patriots more than the cunning Dunmore. Norfolk native Andrew Lawler’s latest book is a lively gathering of ...
When the United States of America was first founded on July 4, 1776, with the signing of the Declaration of Independence, it ...
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