The phrase was reportedly first used 250 years ago Sunday by lawyer and legislator Patrick Henry to persuade Virginia ...

Back in the fall of 1775, with a revolution gathering steam, it was none other than Colonel Benedict Arnold, notorious for a later act of treason, who was assigned by General George Washington to ...

George Washington presents himself at head of army at Cambridge on July 3, 1775. (The New York Public Library/AP) In January 1776, Washington received word that Henry Knox — a 25-year-old Boston ...

A 5-cent stamp had the image of Ben Franklin; a 10-cent stamp bore George Washington's likeness. In 1856, a new 5-cent stamp with Thomas Jefferson on it entered circulation, and in 1863 ...

Williams is also bringing “Portrait of Johan Claesz Loo” (1650) by Frans Hals, among the best-known painters of the Dutch Golden Age, and “Portrait of a Young Man” (1775) by Élisabeth ...

speech during the 1775 Virginia convention at St. John’s Church in Richmond. Among the delegates to the convention were ...

George Washington used for his Delaware River crossing ... The Second Continental Congress, meeting at Independence Hall, founded a Continental Navy in October 1775. Deemed too expensive, it was ...

The exhibit opens on April 22, 2025 inside Fraunces Tavern, a historic building that served as a meeting place for the Sons of Liberty, hosted ... Revolution from 1775 to 1783, with a distinctive ...

The events described here took place in March 1775. You can sign up for our monthly newsletter ... and was appointed as U.S. Marshal by President George Washington, got his wish.) Sources consulted: ...

speech during the 1775 Virginia convention at St. John’s Church in Richmond. Among the delegates to the convention were George Washington and Thomas Jefferson. The Episcopal parish church, built in ...