Remembering Catherine Littlefield Greene

Revolutionary War Era

Today we briefly pay tribute to one of the bravest women of the Revolutionary War era, who risked her personal safety to follow her husband into battle, and who spent the war years supporting the...

Read More →

Remembering George Rogers Clark

American West, Revolutionary War Era

On this day in 1752, George Rogers Clark was born in Albermarle County, Virginia.  Sometimes called the “Conqueror of the Old Northwest,” Clark was a brigadier general in the Revolutionary War,...

Read More →

Remembering Daniel Boone

American West, Revolutionary War Era

One of the most famous trailblazers in American history was Daniel Boone, born this day 290 years ago on November 2, 1734.  He was born into a family of Quakers, and was raised initially in...

Read More →

1825: A Commemoration of The Final Months of the Marquis de Lafayette’s “Tour of America”

Revolutionary War Era

1825: A Commemoration of The Final Months of the Marquis de Lafayette’s “Tour of America” Marquis de Lafayette’s General Washington Last August we posted a story about the Marquis de...

Read More →