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1778 225 Years Ago
, , , Issue 3The Battle of Monmouth More >>>
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The Freeman Letters On George Washington
, , , Issue 2“Washington, and probably Washington alone, kept the Revolution alive.” More >>>
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Allan Mclane Unknown Hero Of The Revolution
, , , Issue 6Dashing fighter, daring scout, this romantic trooper played a large part in Washington’s triumph at Yorktown More >>>
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French Hero Of The American Revolution
, , , Issue 3Most Overrated French Hero of the American Revolution: In a sense, to call the Marquis de Lafayette an overrated hero is unfair. He was a hero, and he did fight for the Continental Army at his o More >>>
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Jefferson’s Daughters
, , , Issue 5Jefferson had children with his wife, Martha, and with his mistress and slave, Sally Hemings, but these children lived very different lives. More >>>
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A Husband’s Revenge
, , , Issue 3Verdicts of History: II -- Is it all right to shoot your wife’s lover? Do you have to catch him flagrante delicto? What if your victim is district attorney? And if you are a member of Congress? Now come with us to Washington, D.C., in 1859. Is it all right to shoot your wife’s lover? Do you have to catch him flagrante delicto? What if your victim is district attorney? And if you are a member of Congress? Now come with us to Washington, D.C., in 1859. More >>>
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Hats On For General Washington
, , , Issue 5Resigning his commission, the military hero joined Congress in acting out a strict protocol to symbolize the supremacy of civil government More >>>
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The Trumpet Sounds Again
, , , Issue 3After the Revolution, Washington returned to farming at Mount Vernon but eventually called for that he wished a “Convention of the People” to establish a “Federal Constitution” More >>>
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“A Representative of America”
, , , Issue 4Vain, snobbish, distinctly upper-class in his libertine social habits, Gouverneur Morris nevertheless saw himself justifiably as "A Representative of America" More >>>
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Hale Byrnes House
Once the site of a war council that included Washington and Lafayette, this house played a key role in the American Revolution. This historic house, built in 1750, was used in 1777 as a meeting place More >>>