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Gunpowder Expedition May 2-4 1775
Choosing Liberty or Death, Virginia mobilized the militia. On April 21, Lord Dunmore raided the Williamsburg Magazine. Colonel Patrick Henry leads Hanover Militia. more...
Redcoats Retreat April 19 1775
Earl Percy's mission to rescue soldiers retreating from the Battle of Lexington and Concord. New England Minutemen inflict heavy losses on 15 mile battle road to Boston! more...
Battle of Concord - April 19 1775
Redcoats leave Battle of Lexington and Concord is next. A shocked world heard that embattled farmers and Minutemen fired several rounds, killed 3 and stood for liberty! more...
At sunrise on the Lexington Green the first shots exact a down payment in blood for the priceless gift of freedom's ring and the American Revolution began in earnest. more...
The Midnight Ride of Abel Benson
A 9-year-old shows bravery and his true spirit of freedom, joining the same midnight ride ascribed to Paul Revere, calling Minutemen to defend liberty he had yet to enjoy more...
Two if by Sea on April 18, 19 1775
King George III proclaims that "blows must decide" the Colonial problems. Redcoats cross the Back Bay, marching all night toward The Battle of Lexington and Concord. more...
Listen my children and you shall hear of the midnight ride of Paul Revere, William Dawes, Samuel Prescott and many more men, women, children crying "The Regulars are out" more...
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Women of the American Revolution
By: Megan L. Oakley
Margaret Corbin, Molly Pitcher and Deborah Sampson actively participated in the American Revolution and fought for democracy and the freedom we now enjoy. more...
Mercy Warren: Caustic Propagandist
By: Jeannie Delahunt
Women were shut out from formally participating in politics. Yet, Mercy's writings captured the views of revolutionaries--impacting the political arenas of her day. more...
By: Jeannie Delahunt
Despite long, strenuous hours at sea, Yankee whalemen developed their own styles of meticulous folk art and amusement. more...
By: Megan L. Oakley
Abigail Adams' values regarding domesticity, women's rights, slavery and politics were shaped by society but changed to leave her revolutionary ideals incomplete. more...
By: Dennis Jamison
Straw votes in Colonial America and the earliest poll predicting the 1824 presidential election. Also, accurate predictions of presidential elections in the early 1900s. more...
By: Jeannie Delahunt
Two whalers from Massachusetts' ports were rammed and sunk in the Pacific by enraged, wounded sperm whales. more...
By: Jeannie Delahunt
Did these vindictive sperm whales really exist? Herman Melville's life reveals possible connections between these two legendary whales. more...
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