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250 years after America went to war for independence, a divided nation battles over its legacy
Let the arguments begin. Starting with Saturday’s anniversary of the Battles of Lexington and Concord, the United States will ...
Virginia soldier killed during D-Day invasion accounted for more than 80 years later
U.S. Army Sgt. Ivor D. Thornton, 34, landed on Omaha Beach in Normandy in the second wave of the D-Day invasion on June 6, ...
Does the ‘shot heard ’round the world’ still echo 250 years later?
But even though I have a hard time envisioning these historic events occurring in my hometown as it is today, sometimes when ...
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Paul Revere Wasn’t the Only Midnight Rider Who Dashed Through the Darkness to Warn the Patriots That the British Were Coming
Revere, who was later immortalized in Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s famous poem, was one of many riders who rode through the ...
As America's 250th approaches, this April 19 battle pushed NJ into the Revolutionary War
See where New Jersey stood 250 years ago as the Battles of Lexington and Concord kicked off the American Revolutionary War.