Deborah Sampson was the first woman to ever enlist in the United States military. She did it by pretending to be a man.

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

Each branch’s origin traces back to the Revolutionary War: The Continental Army on June 14, 1775; the Continental Navy on October 13; and the Continental Marines on November 10, USPS. They were ...

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As the Lexington Minute Men prepare to re-enact the Battle of Lexington and Concord this weekend, one Army veteran reflected ...

With the anniversary of his famous journey fast approaching, remember there was a lot more to the early American patriot than ...

Saturday marks the 250th anniversary of the first day of the 3,059-day war that birthed the modern world. Commemorating the April 19, 1775, skirmishes at Lexington Green and Concord Bridge begins a ...

Ahead of four local events this week, Ken Burns talks about his star-studded, 12-hour documentary series coming later this ...

When a few weeks later a Continental Army officer named James Easton dared to question the legitimacy of his authority as the self-proclaimed commodore of the American Navy on Lake Champlain ...

The signing of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776, gave the United States its official birthday, but that ...