On Dec. 13, 1774, Paul Revere rode to Portsmouth, N.H., to warn the redcoats were coming. It was a much less famous...
Benjamin Edes instigated and paid for the Boston Tea Party – and, to his death, guarded the secret list of all who participated. Edes...
Revolutionary War soldier Caleb Haskell must have thought Arnold’s expedition to Quebec was a good idea. He signed up for it during...
In 1775, donations poured in to help the tradespeople and artisans who were thrown into poverty by the Siege of Boston and...
Andrew Oliver discovered on August 14, 1765 that he had made a terrible career move – a decision that ultimately gave birth...
When the New Hampshire Committee of Safety instructed Gen. John Sullivan to meet with a Capt. Hobb, Sullivan put him off for a week....