Smithsonian Magazine3h
How an American Merchant, a French Official and a Pioneering Chemist Smuggled Much-Needed Gunpowder to the Continental Army
Lavoisier had assumed control of France’s national gunpowder production. Considered the founder of the Chemical Revolution, ...
For Black people, the Revolution was full of paradoxes
There were Black soldiers fighting for the British. But others went to war for the colonists — who compared their own plight ...
Opinion
Native Americans helped spark the Revolution
As the British pushed deeper into North America, they ended up giving Indians concessions that colonists would not tolerate.
10 Revolutionary Facts About Abbie Hoffman
Court jester-cum-political revolutionary Abbot “Abbie” Howard Hoffman is one of the most well-known figures of the Flower Power movement. Hoffman—a fierce opponent of the war in Vietnam; a staunch ...
Hello From a French Village That Recalls the U.S. as a Staunch Ally
French visitors are coming to Washington with an old U.S. battle flag and a plan to rekindle memories of the American soldiers who rescued their region during World War I.
Cape Cod Times1d
250th anniversary of Battle of Lexington and Concord is this year. How to see reenactment
With the shot heard around the world and launching the American Revolution fired in Massachusetts, this April will mark a ...
Volunteers needed to flag veteran graves
(WGGB/WSHM) -Members of the Agawam Veterans’ Council are looking for volunteers to help flag the graves of local Veterans.