American Revolutionary War

...Christmas re-enactment, local officials said. The 1776 surprise attack on Hessian forces in Trenton was a turning point in the Revolutionary War. The event costs between $35,000 and $50,000 a year. Re-enactors and the Bucks County...

In this article: Revolutionary War, Pennsylvania, Trenton, Delaware, George Washington, Delaware River, and Washington Crossing Historic Park

...seats and let the car roll into a lake. She is serving a life sentence. Once home to thriving textile mills, and the site of historic Revolutionary War battles, Union County's unemployment rate now ranks among the top five in this state,...

In this article: Union County, Defendant, and Methamphetamine

...Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland. In 1794, the United States and Britain signed Jay's Treaty, which resolved some issues left over from the Revolutionary War. In 1831, the 20th president of the United States, James Garfield, was born in Orange...

In this article: Talk show, Indiana Pacers, Ford Motor Co., Apollo XII, Treaty of Versailles, Revolutionary War, World War II, and Civil War

...handwriting and signed with his curious "G:{+o} Washington" signature. The letter is important, historians said, because the former Revolutionary War commander had just returned from Philadelphia, where he presided over the convention...

In this article: Bushrod Washington, Constitution, George Washington, Mount Vernon, Asking price, Revolutionary War, and University of Wisconsin

The statue in historic Savannah's Ellis Square gives Mercer an honor ordinarily reserved for the 18th-century founders and Revolutionary War heroes of Georgia's oldest city. The songwriter's grandson, Jim Corwin of Los Angeles,...

In this article: Savannah, Georgia, Revolutionary War, Moon River, Jeepers Creepers, and Los Angeles

...Monument in Fort Greene Park, a tribute to the nearly 12,000 prisoners of war who died on British ships in the East River during the Revolutionary War, has dimmed - and residents' tempers are burning bright. "The monument is not getting...

In this article: Revolutionary War, Roman Polanski, and US

...a monument be erected in honor of Pulaski, and in 1825 it finally was erected in Savannah. Posted on Fri, Nov. 06, 2009 07:51 PM Revolutionary War hero becomes honorary US citizen FILE - In this June 23, 2005, file photo a carving of...

In this article: Casimir Pulaski, George Washington, United States, Savannah, Dennis Kucinich, Benjamin Franklin, Barack Obama, and Pulaski Day