Massachusetts will celebrate the 250th anniversary of the Revolutionary War. We asked reenactors, historians, and museum ...

In 1775, a ragtag army of farmers and tradesmen went to war against the most powerful army in the world, ultimately winning American independence. What military technologies did the American ...

Elizabeth and her husband, Samuel, raised seven children in Virginia. During the Revolutionary War, Samuel served in the First Militia under Captain William Russell. In 1779, the Porter family ...

The uniform, maroon beret and other artefacts belonging ... were taken as Prisoners of War. Of 13 Platoon, four, two Corporals (including Bill) and two Other Ranks, made it by boat across the ...

The uniform, maroon beret, medals and other artefacts belonging ... including the wounded, were taken as Prisoners of War. Of 13 Platoon, four, two Corporals (including Bill) and two Other Ranks, made ...

If seeing a musket turn a nice, ripe honeydew into fruit salad at 60 yards is your idea of fun, “Revolutionary War Weapons” may not be the show for you: What accomplishes the melon assassinati ...

Watch On Your Schedule: NOVA "Revolutionary War Weapons" will be available to stream with the PBS app. Watch the best of PBS anytime, anywhere on the free PBS app. Stream your favorite PBS shows ...

camps and combat outposts in some of the Revolutionary War-era defenses tested by "NOVA." Wooden, dirt-filled gabions were the old-timey forerunner to today's Hesco barriers that still protect ...

The soldiers on both sides are all Revolutionary War reenactors ... About 40 of his troops, out of uniform in jeans and sweatpants, stood at attention as the roll was called inside St. Brigid ...

During the event, an excerpt from Biles’ personal account of his service in the Revolutionary War was read aloud. Biles detailed his enlistment in 1776 and his service under various captains ...

This month sees the official launch of the Revolutionary War commemorations — the beginning of a year-and-a-half-long celebration leading up to next year’s Semiquincentennial. And the (mostly ...

On Saturday, the Alliance for Historic Hillsborough put on their annual Revolutionary War Living History Day, better known as “Rev War Day.” At the Orange County Historical Museum, a new ...