On this day in 1750, Enoch Crosby is born in Massachusetts. Crosby would go on to be a Patriot soldier, then a spy, during the American...

On this day in 1783, Samuel Swartwout is born in Poughskeepie, New York. He is perhaps best known for his role in the Swartwout-Hoyt...

On this day in 1775, Washington issues a stern rebuke to his soldiers. They were planning to celebrate an anti-Catholic holiday known as...

On this day in 1780, the Royalton Raid takes place in present-day Vermont. The raid was conducted by just under 300 Indians operating...

On this day in 1777, the Continental Congress reconvenes in York, Pennsylvania. Members of Congress had fled Philadelphia mere days...

On this day in 1780, the Battle of Charlotte is fought. Americans were badly outnumbered, but that didn’t stop them from putting up a...

On this day in 1780, Americans suffer a demoralizing defeat at the Battle of Camden. One brave officer died a heroic death! Another fled...

On this day in 1777, the little-known Battle of the Flockey takes place in New York’s Schoharie Valley. The battle ended with Loyalists...

On this day in 1786, James Madison writes a letter to Thomas Jefferson. Madison is preparing to attend the Annapolis Convention, a...

On this day in 1779, Fort Freeland falls to British and Indian forces. But it did so only after a show of “stout resistance”! The stories...

On this day in 1972, the Democratic Party nominates George McGovern as its candidate for President of the United States. Did you know...

On this day in 1777, a group of retreating Americans arrives at Fort Edward. The prior two days had been tough! They’d fought multiple...

On this day in 1775, the Continental Congress approves the so-called Olive Branch petition. This action occurred one short year before...

On this day in 1779, a group of American patriots holds off a contingent of British soldiers at the Burke County Jail in Georgia, despite...

On or around this day in 1788, Alexander Hamilton was working on a paper that would defend the ability of STATES—not Congress—to begin...

In May, I blogged that an LA Times editor had misquoted James Madison, pretending that Madison was opposed to the Electoral College. In...