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Lexington & Concord: The Raid That Broke an Empire
General Gage wanted a surgical strike. He got a slaughterhouse. Everyone knows the "Shot Heard 'Round the World," but the reality of April 19, 1775, was a tactical dis...
The Heist That Sparked the Revolution (Before Lexington!)
History remembers the "Shot Heard 'Round the World" in April 1775, but four months earlier, a high-stakes heist in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, set the stage for war.In ...
Monmouth: The Victory That Wasn't?
On June 28, 1778, soldiers dropped dead without a scratch, their hearts bursting from the 96-degree heat. The Battle of Monmouth wasn't just a fight against the Britis...
Lafayette's Impossible Escape: The Battle of Barren Hill
On the night of May 19, 1778, 16,000 British soldiers marched through the dark to crush just 2,000 rebels. Their target was the 20-year-old Marquis de Lafayette, and t...
Simcoe’s Ruthless Raid: The Battle of Crooked Billet
Major John Graves Simcoe wanted a "grand stroke" to destroy the Pennsylvania Militia. On May 1, 1778, his ruthless surprise attack caught a sleeping American camp in a...
