The Battle of Trenton was a crucial battle during the American Revolution. After crossing the Delaware River the night prior to the attack, General George Washington and his Continental Army fought Hessians garrisoned at Trenton, New Jersey on the morning of December 26, 1776.
Read moreTo sketch the life of Washington is to write the history of the events which made the United States independent and gave birth to the American nation.
Read moreOn the evening of July 16, 1779, a select group of George Washington's Continental Army, led by Brigadier General "Mad Anthony" Wayne, decisively defeated British troops at an outpost in Stony Point, New York during the Revolutionary War.
Read moreIn 1767, Parliament levied new taxes, in part to pay for maintaining an English army in America. The colonists, believing the King would use this army to compel them to do as he willed, rebelled by throwing the taxed-tea into the Boston Harbor.
Read moreHis words "Liberty and Union! One and inseparable, now and forever" electrified his countrymen and became a watchword of national progress.
Read moreThe great orator and Founding Father, Patrick Henry, is best remembered for his "If this be treason, make the most of it" speech against the Stamp Act in 1765, and for his famous words "...give me liberty, or give me death" in support of the American Revolution.
Read moreThe American Revolution General Nathanael Greene is regarded as a brilliant military leader, defending the South during the war.
Read moreConsidered one of the modern fathers of guerrilla warfare, Francis Marion, aka the "Swamp Fox", bested the British throughout South Carolina during the American Revolution.
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