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In May 1777, during the Revolutionary War, a brigadier general anxiously wrote George Washington a letter about a British ...
Ted Widmer, a consulting editor for this special issue of Globe Ideas, is the author of “Lincoln on the Verge: Thirteen Days ...
A letter written by George Washington in 1777 that is valued at $150,000 is up for sale this Presidents Day. The letter, ...
As the Revolutionary War spread through every ... and hundreds more served on the sea. Had George Washington been less ambivalent, more blacks might have participated on the Patriot side than ...
Delivered 250 years ago, the famous oration marked the height of Henry's influence. But the politician also served in key ...
You know about the leprechauns and the Irish and the pot of gold, but did you know that St. Patrick's Day has another historical significance in America?
President Trump is not just unraveling a system of government, he's denying the American Creed, the truths we have considered self-evident since 1776.