On This Day, Oct. 19: Cornwallis surrenders at Yorktown, ending Revolutionary War

On Oct. 19, 1781, Britain's Lord Charles Cornwallis surrendered with more than 7,000 troops to Gen. George Washington at ...

Ken Burns says, 'RI is huge and large in the story of the founding of our country'

From Gen. Nathanael Greene, to Black soldiers to everyday people, RI play key roles in the founding of America, says noted ...
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Lesson Plan: Roots of the Revolutionary War

Citadel history professor David Preston provided an overview of his lecture about the complexity of what led to the larger outbreak of the American Revolutionary War. The event was part of a symposium ...
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Own a Piece of History: George Washington’s Wartime Headquarters Hits the Market

Outside of Philadelphia, the Emlen House is where the nation’s first president stayed while leading the Continental Army in ...

Yes, George Washington did sleep in this N.J. house for sale

It was ransacked, more than once, by British troops looking for hidden treasures. It was used as a food storage facility ...
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Washington's Fort Loudoun well uncovered after nearly a century

The interior of the well that was dug in the 1750s to support Fort Loudoun in Winchester is visible for the first time in ...
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George finds a home in the Washington County Courthouse

A portrait of the nation’s first president is now hanging in the president judge’s courtroom inside the Washington County ...