All posts tagged "Continental Army"
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2.5KConnecticutBenedict Arnold’s Treason Unmasked to Washington—in Arnold’s Own House
George Washington learned about Benedict Arnold’s treason while staying at Benedict Arnold’s house near West Point. He wondered why Arnold, his best...
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4.0KMassachusettsAgrippa Hull, Race Under British Rule
After decades of neglect the common burial grounds of slaves are now being documented, honored and preserved from New York to Mississippi...
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5.4KConnecticutDavid Wooster, Revolutionary War Hero, Befriends a Freed Slave
David Wooster is known more as the person who gave New Haven’s Wooster Square neighborhood its name than for his heroism during...
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10.1K2MaineJacataqua, the Indian Sachem Who Bore Aaron Burr’s Love Child
Jacataqua, the story goes, fell in love with Aaron Burr when she first laid eyes on him in 1775. She was the...
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17.8K6ConnecticutRevolutionary War Veteran Joseph Plumb Martin Tells of the Soldier’s Life
In 1775 the American Revolution looked like the adventure of a lifetime to a boy of just 14. Joseph Plumb Martin stood...
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3.7K1ConnecticutLt. Col. Ebenezer Huntington Bemoans ‘Rascally Stupidity’ of His Countrymen
On July 7, 1780, a despairing Lt. Col. Ebenezer Huntington of Norwich, Conn., had no way of knowing the United States would...
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