On the eve of the Revolutionary War, there were more than 400,000 people of African descent in the 13 Colonies, accounting for approximately one-fifth of the nonindigenous population. The vast ...

Premieres Wednesday, April 9, 2025 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS app + Encores Sunday, April 13 at 2 ... that helped the colonies win the war. Watch On Your Schedule: NOVA "Revolutionary War Weapons ...

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The Revolutionary War holiday is about more than the Boston ... West Virginia wasn’t one of the original 13 British colonies, and it doesn’t have as many landmarks that serve as visual ...

Saturday is the 250th anniversary of the first shots in the Revolutionary War, the battles in Lexington ... then one of the largest cities in the original 13 colonies. “We will gather Saturday ...

The 250th anniversary of the American Revolution seems a good time to revisit the story of Fort Putnam and its role in ...

Its defense was crucial to stopping the British strategy of dividing the colonies by controlling ... which will be welcome by serious students of Revolutionary War history. This is a valuable ...

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What is Massachusetts famous for? It's one of the original states in New England that achieved independence from the English.