The Revolutionary War artifacts tell the story of what General Cornwallis tried to destroy forever—but couldn’t erase.

Army History, No. 62 (Winter 2006), pp. 4-19 (16 pages) The influx of European influences in this period is detailed in Robert K. Wright, Jr., The Continental Army, Army Lineage Series (Washington, ...

A great and confident nation that judges solely by merit welcomes immigrants with open arms. A weak, craven and cosseted ...

The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography Vol. 44, No. 3, 1920 Letters of the Four Beatty Brothers of t... Letters of the Four Beatty Brothers of the Continental Army, 1774-1794 This is the ...

The Museum at Valley Forge National Park will commemorate the 1777 arrival of the Continental Army in Valley Forge on Saturday, December 14, according to a staff report from the Museum of the ...

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 ...

Yet Washington was aware that politics is perception — including the perception of his personal finances. As the national ...

In 1776, as George Washington was leading the Continental Army through some of the earliest battles of the American Revolution, disease posed a greater threat to his forces than British troops.

‘This we’ll defend’ was first used as a battle cry by the Continental Army. Today it reminds us that our Army’s purpose is clear: To fight and win the nation’s wars,” said Ge ...