Born in Poland to a Sephardic family, he arrived in America in 1775 and immediately joined the Sons of Liberty. His ...

Anna Catharine Diffebach Shell Parthemore was a patriot. After the death of her first husband, gunsmith John Martin Shell, in 1774, she provided firearms to the military and supported the ...

A new historic marker at Battleship Park in Wilmington honors forgotten Revolutionary War patriots. The marker recognizes the contributions of African American, Native American, and female patriots in ...

American Ancestors, the nation’s oldest and largest genealogy society, wove together genealogical and archival research to piece together US history before slavery was outlawed, discovering stories ...

LEXINGTON, Mass. (AP) — Charlie Price says he didn’t learn much about the American Revolution in school. He knew about George Washington, the Battle of Bunker Hill and that the patriots won. It wasn’t ...