taraApr 62 minThis Day in History: HMS Bolton capturedOn this day in 1776, a fledgling Continental Navy captures HMS Bolton. She was the second British ship to be captured in only two days....
taraMar 313 minThis Day in History: Timothy Bigelow, little-known heroOn this day in 1790, a little-known American Patriot passes away. Timothy Bigelow was a founder of Montpelier, Vermont, a Colonel in the...
taraMar 302 minThis Day in History: George Taylor, Signer of the DeclarationOn or around this day in 1716, a signer of the Declaration of Independence was born. Or maybe his birthday wasn’t in March after all....
taraMar 232 minThis Day in History: “Give me liberty or give me death!”On this day in 1775, Patrick Henry gives a stirring speech. You’ve almost certainly heard of this one! Henry closed the speech with the...
taraMar 173 minThis Day in History: George Washington's victory at BostonOn this day in 1776, the British army evacuates Boston. A bedraggled band of colonists had kept the city under siege for nearly a...
taraMar 153 minThis Day in History: George Washington squashes a military coupOn this day in 1783, George Washington brings the so-called Newburgh Conspiracy to an end. The potential military coup had been festering...
taraMar 123 minThis Day in History: Elizabeth Burgin, unsung Revolutionary War heroineOn this day in 1776, a public notice appears in Baltimore, Maryland. It beseeches the help of “our humane ladies” in the American cause....
taraMar 83 minThis Day in History: Wentworth Cheswell: Grandson of a slave, Elected official—Patriot!On this day in 1817, an American Patriot passes away. Wentworth Cheswell was the grandson of a slave, and yet he lived life as a free...
taraMar 53 minThis Day in History: The Boston MassacreOn this day in 1770, the Boston Massacre occurs. Five Bostonians are killed by British soldiers. Others are wounded. Tension had been...
taraFeb 263 minThis Day in History: The American Revolution (almost) starts in SalemOn this day in 1775, the American Revolution nearly begins in Salem, Massachusetts. Did you know that the “shot heard ‘round the world”...
taraFeb 203 minThis Day in History: Seth Pomeroy, nearly forgotten PatriotOn this day in 1777, a nearly forgotten American Revolutionary war hero passes away. Seth Pomeroy was almost 69 years old when the first...
taraFeb 162 minThis Day in History: The Sam Adams of the SouthOn this day in 1724, the “Sam Adams of the South” is born. You may not know this Patriot’s full name, but you have certainly seen the...
taraFeb 132 minThis Day in History: John Adams on the American RevolutionOn this day in 1818, President John Adams reflects back on the American Revolution. Was the real Revolution to be found in the battles...
taraFeb 92 minThis Day in History: A blizzard batters George Washington’s armyOn this day in 1778, George Washington and his army endure an unusually bad week at Valley Forge. A snow storm had just started! The...
taraFeb 43 minThis Day in History: George Washington’s new spy ringOn this day in 1777, George Washington issues orders to Nathaniel Sackett, making him director of a new spy ring in the New York area....
taraJan 262 minThis Day in History: Battle of Burke County JailOn this day in 1779, a group of American patriots holds off a contingent of British soldiers at the Burke County Jail in Georgia, despite...
taraJan 163 minThis Day in History: The Hercules of the RevolutionOn this day in 1831, the so-called “Hercules of the Revolution” passes away. Peter Francisco is another of those Patriots whose legacy...
taraJan 143 minThis Day in History: William Whipple, signer of the Declaration of IndependenceOn this day in 1730, William Whipple, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, is born in modern-day Kittery, Maine. Whipple would...
taraJan 113 minThis Day in History: Alexander Hamilton’s humble rootsOn this day in 1755, Alexander Hamilton is born. “Few figures in American history,” one of his biographers observes, “have aroused such...
taraJan 93 minThis Day in History: Mutiny of the Pennsylvania LineOn this day in 1781, a mutiny among General “Mad Anthony” Wayne’s soldiers comes to an end. They’d turned over two British spies who were...