During the Revolutionary era ... In July 1775, as tensions with the British rose, the Continental Congress called for a day of prayer and fasting. Most ministers used the occasion to preach ...
In the wake of the Boston Tea Party, the British Parliament ... saved the fate of American independence. The tradition of service did not end with the conclusion of the Revolutionary War in ...
It was probably triggered by accident, by the British. “When they had fired,” Blood told Emerson, “there were several (American ... in such a clean and uniform way—without confusion ...
The sprawling territory, which included Louisiana, large portions of East Texas and the Red River Valley, were under his ...
The actual, original, 250-year-old, flax linen tent with red scalloped edges is on display at Philadelphia’s Museum of the ...
The American Revolutionary War was not going ... Guests will interact with members of the French, Continental, and British forces in uniform and observe drills and firing of muskets.
Others were formerly enslaved Caribbean members of the West Indian Regiments, originally purchased by the British but eventually freed after their military service. Many of these Black troops had ...
She credited, as many historians do, Galvez and the Spanish with occupying British ... the Sons of the American Revolution and Daughters of the American Revolution in period uniform.
The town has long celebrated the role of American ... and British redcoats returned to the Lexington green to mix with throngs of spectators. (A man dressed in a redcoat’s uniform introduced ...
It began to attack American ships that ... in public in full military uniform; he was, after all, the commander in chief. Everything achieved during the Revolutionary War, he said, would be ...
The photographer Gerald Annan-Forson documented a period of upheaval in 1970s and ’80s Ghana, shown in a new exhibition at ...
After complaints from players, Major League Baseball and official uniform supplier Nike said Friday they will adjust all team uniforms for 2025, perhaps earlier, to solve a see-through pants issue.