'Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death' Turns 250. Here's What It Meant in 1775 The printed version of Henry’s galvanizing speech in a crowded church was about 1,200 words. And yet those seven words have...
Letter George Washington Wrote in NJ In 1777 Is for Sale. Here's the Price Tag. George Washington was commanding the Continental Army and staying in Morristown when he wrote an optimistic letter on the...
Ken Burns Returns to PBS with New Documentary 'The American Revolution' An era-appropriate melody plays as photographs move slowly across the screen and a voice reads heartfelt letters written...
'America's First Veterans': Historians Need Your Help Identifying the Remains of Revolutionary War Troops Forensics labs need Americans with 18th-century ancestral ties to the states of Maryland, Delaware or North Carolina to come...
How a Prussian Baron Helped the Colonists Win the American Revolution In a mere two months, soldiers learned how to load and fire a musket quicker and more efficiently, and were introduced to the...
US Navy Battle Flags: A Visual Guide The Navy's tradition of flying battle flags is as old as America itself. Here's an (incomplete) guide to the service's best...
Archeologists Find Musket Balls Fired During One of the First Battles in the Revolutionary War Nearly 250 years ago, hundreds of militiamen lined a hillside in Massachusetts and started firing a barrage of musket balls...
The National Archives Needs Your Help Transcribing Revolutionary War Records More than 83,000 pension records from the Revolutionary War require preservation ahead of commemorations of the conflict's...
The History of the US Army's Birthday June 14 should be considered one of the most patriotic days in America. Not only is it Flag Day, celebrating the adoption of...
Michael Douglas' Benjamin Franklin Brings France Into the American Revolution in a New Apple TV+ Series This new dramatization of Franklin's most important diplomatic magnum opus is based on Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer...
'Different Spanks for Different Ranks': Hegseth's Signal Scandal Would Put Regular Troops in the Brig Despite what amounts to among the most startling security snafus in recent memory -- one that would almost certainly trigger...
Marine Staff Sergeant Charged with Premeditated Murder Nearly 7 Months After Spouse's Death A Marine Corps staff noncommissioned officer who was accused of being involved in the death of his spouse last year was...
Restoring Full VA Burial Benefits for Vets Who Initially Chose Plaque or Urn Part of Bill Introduced in Senate The bill would correct a flaw from previous legislation that lawmakers say has forced veterans' families to forgo a burial at...
The Atlantic Releases the Entire Signal Chat Showing Hegseth's Detailed Attack Plans Against Houthis The Atlantic released the entire Signal chat among Trump senior national security officials, showing that Defense Secretary...
Ranger School Is Getting a New Fitness Assessment The Army's elite Ranger School, long regarded as one of the most grueling leadership courses in the military, is rolling out...
![](http://images03.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2025-01/American%20Revolution%20Ken%20Burns%20Bunker%20Hill%201200.jpg?itok=-m2Nbhxo ""The Death of General Warren at the Battle of Bunker's Hill" by John Trumbull.")
