Featured in american revolutionBYJessica EvansAug 16, 2023ShareGibraltar’s defiant triumph in battleThe strategy was bold and ambitious. Capture Gibraltar and use it as a springboard for a daring invasion of mainland Britain. BYJessica EvansAug 16, 2023ShareBYJessica EvansNov 9, 2022ShareThe complete history of the Battle of YorktownBeginning on September 28, 1781, and ending on October 19, 1781, the Battle at Yorktown was a historic victory for… BYJessica EvansNov 9, 2022ShareBYJessica EvansNov 4, 2022ShareA navy of privateers helped win the American RevolutionIt’s no secret that the early American revolutionists were up against a serious enemy when it came to the British… BYJessica EvansNov 4, 2022ShareBYTeam MightyOct 17, 2022ShareToday in military history: American victory at SaratogaOn Oct. 17, 1777, Americans won a major victory at Saratoga. During the American Revolution, the nascent United States needed… BYTeam MightyOct 17, 2022ShareBYMiguel OrtizSep 18, 2022ShareThis British marksman could have killed George WashingtonIt’s difficult to imagine how history would have been altered if George Washington had been killed during the Revolutionary War. Without the father of our country leading its fight for freedom, the war might have been lost and America might still b… BYMiguel OrtizSep 18, 2022ShareBYTeam MightyAug 2, 2022ShareHow the British Army trolled the colonists after leaving New YorkBefore the Civil War, the major holiday that came at the end of November wasn’t Thanksgiving. It has nothing to… BYTeam MightyAug 2, 2022ShareBYMiguel OrtizJul 24, 2022Share3 foreign generals who became honorary U.S. citizensFor many Americans, military service was their pathway to citizenship. For their service during the Revolutionary War, three foreign generals… BYMiguel OrtizJul 24, 2022ShareBYBlake StilwellJun 27, 2022ShareWhy George Washington was nearly impossible to killDespite having two horses shot out from under him, history would have been much different if George Washington … BYBlake StilwellJun 27, 2022ShareBYTeam MightyJun 2, 2023ShareWhy this French nobleman’s Paris gravesite is filled with dirt from MassachusettsThe chief architect of France’s help was Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette. In America, we simply call him “Lafayette.” BYTeam MightyJun 2, 2023ShareBYBlake StilwellMay 31, 2023ShareThis was the Marine Corps’ first amphibious landingThe Marines encountered a British reconnaissance force. The next morning, they occupied Fort Nassau without a shot. BYBlake StilwellMay 31, 2023ShareBYTeam MightyMay 17, 2022ShareThe ‘Virginia Hercules’ was the one-man army of the American RevolutionOne day in 1765, a 5-year-old boy wearing fine clothes and speaking no English was found on the docks of… BYTeam MightyMay 17, 2022ShareBYTeam MightyApr 17, 2023ShareToday in military history: The American Revolution beginsOn April 19, 1775, the American Revolution began, with a “shot heard round the world.” The very first confrontation in… BYTeam MightyApr 17, 2023ShareBYRuddy CanoMar 10, 2022ShareThis is what inspired the patriotic Yankee Doodle songThe origin of the famous patriotic Yankee Doodle song lies deep in the history of the United States. While it… BYRuddy CanoMar 10, 2022ShareBYTeam MightyFeb 22, 2023ShareThe last battle of the American Revolution was fought in IndiaDespite what high school textbooks would have us think, the American Revolution didn’t end at the Battle of Yorktown in… BYTeam MightyFeb 22, 2023ShareBYTeam MightyFeb 14, 2022ShareToday in military history: Patriot victory at Battle of Kettle CreekOn Feb. 14, 1779, a militia force of patriots defeated loyalists at the Battle of Kettle Creek during the American… BYTeam MightyFeb 14, 2022ShareBYJessica ManfreAug 18, 2022ShareThe Boston Tea Party and the ungrateful colonists who started it allOn December 16, 1773 a bunch of rebel colonists from Massachusetts got sassy and decided to defy their one true… BYJessica ManfreAug 18, 2022Share12
BYJessica EvansAug 16, 2023ShareGibraltar’s defiant triumph in battleThe strategy was bold and ambitious. Capture Gibraltar and use it as a springboard for a daring invasion of mainland Britain. BYJessica EvansAug 16, 2023Share
BYJessica EvansNov 9, 2022ShareThe complete history of the Battle of YorktownBeginning on September 28, 1781, and ending on October 19, 1781, the Battle at Yorktown was a historic victory for… BYJessica EvansNov 9, 2022Share
BYJessica EvansNov 4, 2022ShareA navy of privateers helped win the American RevolutionIt’s no secret that the early American revolutionists were up against a serious enemy when it came to the British… BYJessica EvansNov 4, 2022Share
BYTeam MightyOct 17, 2022ShareToday in military history: American victory at SaratogaOn Oct. 17, 1777, Americans won a major victory at Saratoga. During the American Revolution, the nascent United States needed… BYTeam MightyOct 17, 2022Share
BYMiguel OrtizSep 18, 2022ShareThis British marksman could have killed George WashingtonIt’s difficult to imagine how history would have been altered if George Washington had been killed during the Revolutionary War. Without the father of our country leading its fight for freedom, the war might have been lost and America might still b… BYMiguel OrtizSep 18, 2022Share
BYTeam MightyAug 2, 2022ShareHow the British Army trolled the colonists after leaving New YorkBefore the Civil War, the major holiday that came at the end of November wasn’t Thanksgiving. It has nothing to… BYTeam MightyAug 2, 2022Share
BYMiguel OrtizJul 24, 2022Share3 foreign generals who became honorary U.S. citizensFor many Americans, military service was their pathway to citizenship. For their service during the Revolutionary War, three foreign generals… BYMiguel OrtizJul 24, 2022Share
BYBlake StilwellJun 27, 2022ShareWhy George Washington was nearly impossible to killDespite having two horses shot out from under him, history would have been much different if George Washington … BYBlake StilwellJun 27, 2022Share
BYTeam MightyJun 2, 2023ShareWhy this French nobleman’s Paris gravesite is filled with dirt from MassachusettsThe chief architect of France’s help was Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette. In America, we simply call him “Lafayette.” BYTeam MightyJun 2, 2023Share
BYBlake StilwellMay 31, 2023ShareThis was the Marine Corps’ first amphibious landingThe Marines encountered a British reconnaissance force. The next morning, they occupied Fort Nassau without a shot. BYBlake StilwellMay 31, 2023Share
BYTeam MightyMay 17, 2022ShareThe ‘Virginia Hercules’ was the one-man army of the American RevolutionOne day in 1765, a 5-year-old boy wearing fine clothes and speaking no English was found on the docks of… BYTeam MightyMay 17, 2022Share
BYTeam MightyApr 17, 2023ShareToday in military history: The American Revolution beginsOn April 19, 1775, the American Revolution began, with a “shot heard round the world.” The very first confrontation in… BYTeam MightyApr 17, 2023Share
BYRuddy CanoMar 10, 2022ShareThis is what inspired the patriotic Yankee Doodle songThe origin of the famous patriotic Yankee Doodle song lies deep in the history of the United States. While it… BYRuddy CanoMar 10, 2022Share
BYTeam MightyFeb 22, 2023ShareThe last battle of the American Revolution was fought in IndiaDespite what high school textbooks would have us think, the American Revolution didn’t end at the Battle of Yorktown in… BYTeam MightyFeb 22, 2023Share
BYTeam MightyFeb 14, 2022ShareToday in military history: Patriot victory at Battle of Kettle CreekOn Feb. 14, 1779, a militia force of patriots defeated loyalists at the Battle of Kettle Creek during the American… BYTeam MightyFeb 14, 2022Share
BYJessica ManfreAug 18, 2022ShareThe Boston Tea Party and the ungrateful colonists who started it allOn December 16, 1773 a bunch of rebel colonists from Massachusetts got sassy and decided to defy their one true… BYJessica ManfreAug 18, 2022Share
