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Two days earlier Thomas Hickey, a member of the elite guard responsible for protecting George Washington, was convicted of mutiny and sedition, and on the morning of June 28, 1776, was hanged for ...

When the Revolutionary War broke out in 1775, George Washington initially struggled to muster up an army powerful enough to ...

Feb. 22, 1732 George Washington is born in a modest house at ... Thomas Paine was an admirer of Washington and spent the desperate autumn of 1776 as an aide-de-camp in the field.

You know about the leprechauns and the Irish and the pot of gold, but did you know that St. Patrick's Day has another historical significance in America?

With “Rebellion 1776,” Anderson returns once again to the Revolutionary War era. Set in Boston, the story begins toward the end of Gen. George Washington’s brilliant siege, which enfolds the ...

The Congressional delay in certifying George Washington’s election as president ... and emblazoned it with the words “December 26, 1776” and the proclamation “The Defender of the Mothers ...

Blame the Patriots more than the cunning Dunmore. Norfolk native Andrew Lawler’s latest book is a lively gathering of research into area’s importance to the Revolution.