By the autumn of 1780, the primary theater of the American Revolutionary War was in the South, colonists and British having fought each other to a standoff in New England and the mid-Atlantic. General George Washington’s Continental Army had regained control of Boston and Philadelphia and rema...
George Washington declined to draw a salary for his work as commander in chief of the army. He instead requested that Congress only reimburse his expenses. In the eight years of the Revolutionary War, however, Washington claimed almost $450,000 – the equivalent of $4 million today. When Was...
Join us as we discover what it was like in Valley Forge during theAmerican Revolutionary Warwith these fun hands-onRevolutionary War for Kidsactivities. This funhistory for kidslesson includes rolling cartridges activity, cold feet activity, dragon pistols, and otherRevolutionary War Project Ideas,lot...
He chose his most trusted and capable major general, Nathanael Greene, who had been by Washington’s side since 1775 at the Siege of Boston where Patriots were keeping the British locked in Boston after the first shots of the American Revolutionary War were fired in Massachusetts. Major General...
The New Cold Harbor Tavern is estimated to have been built prior to the Revolutionary War, and belonged to the Burnett family at the time of the Civil War. In addition to managing the building, they also farmed the surrounding 150 acres. In late May 1862, Union Gener...
is the largest manufacturer of small arms in SE Asia. They are the largest producer of 1911 pistols on the planet. Armscor is based in the Philippines and has been churning out quality firearms since right after World War II. It seems they are now going to try their hand at buildin...
features songwriter, producer, and vocalist James Michael and guitarist DJ Ashba.Sixx has also worked with a number of artists and groups, co-writing and/or producing songs, such as Sex Pistols's guitarist Steve Jones, Lita Ford, Alice Cooper, Meat Loaf, Marion Raven, Drowning Pool, Saliva ...
Junípero Serra. He was a missionary from the Spanish island of Majorca who founded the first nine missions in California at about the same time the Revolutionary War was getting started over on the East Coast. He was declared a saint in 2015, the year my book,Junípero Serra: Founder of ...
the Great Equalizer to take effect– it allows women to stand a chance against stronger male attackers, it allows racial and religious minorities to protect themselves from the likes of the KKK. The Pink Pistols say that “Armed Gays Don’t Get Bashed.”– and you know what, they’re ...
And cracks, like pistols, from the fields of cane. Ye powers! who formed these wretched tribes, relate, What had they done, to merit such a fate! Why were they brought from Eboe’s sultry waste, To see that plenty which they must not taste— ...