America 250, American Revolution
Marquis de Lafayette In 1777, the Marquis de Lafayette, a 19-year-old French nobleman, sailed across the ocean to help America win its independence. Arriving on June 13, Lafayette was made a major general in the Continental Army, serving under his idol, George...
America 250, American Revolution
Washington did not really outfight the British. He simply out-spied us – British Intelligence Officer. By the summer of 1781, simply sustaining the Continental Army proved challenging. Earlier winter encampments and intense fighting devastated the patriot...
America 250, American Revolution
Cornelis Titus fled enslavement when he was 22 and joined the British Army as part of the Ethiopian Regiment, an all-Black unit whose rallying cry was “Liberty to Slaves.” Poorly trained, the unit was slaughtered in its second battle. Titus, one of the unit’s few...
America 250, American Revolution
“The Oneidas and Tuscaroras have a particular claim to attention and kindness for their perseverance and fidelity.” –George Washington to General Philip Schuyler Tewahangarahken (Han Yerry Doxtader) was a formidable Oneida war chief of the patriot-allied Oneida at...
America 250, American Revolution
With men away at war, women tended to families, farms, and finances. Some traveled with their children alongside their husbands as camp followers. These women nursed the sick and wounded, sewed and laundered uniforms, and secured provisions. They were extraordinary....
