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ANNAPOLIS, Md. — A cargo vessel named the Peggy Stewart burned bright over the Severn River on Oct. 19, 1774. Often referred to as Maryland’s version of the Boston Tea Party, the Peggy Stewart’s destruction occurred in Annapolis as our own state’s protest of…
New Yorkers, like all Americans, celebrate July 4 as the birthday of American independence. But October marks the anniversary of the victory that made it possible. It was 245 years ago today, Oct. 19, 1781, when Gen. George Washington forced the British Army, led…
The Burning of Kingston can be seen throughout Uptown on Saturday, Oct. 17, 2026. The Burning of Kingston’s signature battle reenactment can be seen throughout Uptown Kingston on Saturday, Oct. 17,... The Burning of Kingston can be seen throughout Uptown on Saturday, Oct.
Revelers gathered in Kingston Saturday for the yearly reenactment of the Burning of Kingston, which commemorates Revolutionary War events of 1777, and the life and times of people in the Hudson Valley city. In October 1777, the British targeted Kingston for retaliation…
Exactly 250 years ago, Col. John Glover and his Marblehead troops fought a crucial battle with the British in New York. Glover and his outnumbered men lost the field, but won the day nevertheless, for without their action, the British could…
Sometimes the right man or small group of individuals at the right time and place can change the course of history. Instead of debating or pondering, Glover acted and improvised a new defensive formation on the fly: a defense in…
From the Great Bend Public Library The Great Bend Public Library will host “Declaration 1776: The Big Bang of Modern Democracy,” a traveling exhibition from the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, from Oct. 10 to Nov. 11 at the Great Bend Public…
At the Battle of Castillon, English archers failed as French artillery crushed Talbot’s army in 1453. In October 1452, English troops under the command of John Talbot, the Earl of Shrewsbury, landed near Bordeaux. Thanks to the support of the locals, who…
The second copy on display is the so-called Stone engraving, produced in 1823 when Secretary of State John Quincy Adams, worried about the deteriorating original parchment, commissioned a large copper plate to preserve the text, Williamsburg Families reports. Sarah Meschutt, senior…
Three years after the illegal felling of the Sycamore Gap tree caused shock and sadness across the country, new aerial images show the stump is flourishing, a strong sign that the tree is recovering. Andrew Poad, General Manager for the…