Knox, born in Boston, became a senior general of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War, serving as chief of artillery in all of George Washington’s campaigns.

On October 19, 1781, the cause of liberty was immortalized on a riverside Virginia field when the Continental Army wrested victory from the arms of the ...

To celebrate the 250th anniversary of the U.S. Army, festivities followed by a major military parade will happen on June 14 in Washington D.C. The Continental Congress voted to create the Continental ...

John Laurens and Joseph Brant. Many of the discussions of the American Revolutionary War center around colossal figures like George Washington and Benjamin Franklin-but it took much more to win the ...

Working with other top service officials, Milley shifted billions of dollars into modernization programs including the top ...

On June 17, 1775, British infantrymen assembled at the base of Breed’s Hill, one of two promontories that comprised the Charlestown Heights outside of Boston. The other, Bunker Hill, saw little ...

Two-hundred and fifty years ago, the representatives of the Second Continental Congress agreed: “Resolved, that six companies of expert riflemen, be immediately raised in Pennsylvania, two in Maryland ...

TOWAMENCIN — Local historians Brian Hagey and Victor Verbeke informed the township that its application was recently approved by the state’s Historic Preservation Office, Board of Supervisors ...

TOWAMENCIN — For one week, two and a half centuries ago, the fate of a young nation hung in the balance — encamped in the hills and woods of Towamencin. Now, two local historians are starting a push ...

A John Trumbull painting of the death of American General Richard Montgomery at the Battle of Quebec on December 31, 1775 Public domain via Wikimedia Commons The first governing document of the United ...

“Washington saw in him the embodiment of all those qualities he wished in a chaplain. Intrepid and fearless in battle, unwearied in his attentions to the sick and wounded—not only nursing them with ...