The iconic "Dont Tread on Me" flag, also known as the Gadsden flag, has long been a symbol of American...
Revolutionary War
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...
George Washington paused and said, “Gentlemen, you must pardon me.” But I get ahead of myself. It was 1782. Except...
In December 1780, Maj. Gen. Nathanael Greene dispatched Brig. Gen. Daniel Morgan into the South Carolina backcountry. Alarmed by Morgan's...
