In 1782, with the British surrender at Yorktown marking the effective end of the Revolutionary War, America stood on the...
Revolutionary War
In December 1780, Maj. Gen. Nathanael Greene dispatched Brig. Gen. Daniel Morgan into the South Carolina backcountry. Alarmed by Morgan's...
The iconic "Dont Tread on Me" flag, also known as the Gadsden flag, has long been a symbol of American...
In 1751 Benjamin Franklin wrote a commentary in his Pennsylvania Gazette suggesting a way to thank the Brits for their...
Yesterday we began this story (see it here). You heard about Dr. Benjamin Rush, the Father of American Psychiatry, who...
Frances Hopkins: The Man Behind The Stars and StripesBetsy Ross made flags for 50 years, and we are all familiar...