Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. At the end of a bitter winter at Valley Forge, George Washington ordered an extra glass of grog on St. Patrick's Day for every man ...
On June 9, 1779, a raiding party of British volunteers left Sandy Hook and traveled 10 miles inland, as far as "Tenton Falls," stealing 300 rebel sheep and horses, before the "rebels" organized and ...
(THE CONVERSATION) On the eve of the American Revolution, Matthias Aspden made a decision that would change the trajectory of his life. A wealthy merchant from Philadelphia, Aspden carefully prepared ...
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Kimberly Nath, San Juan College (THE CONVERSATION) On the eve of the American ...