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The Burning of Falmouth: The Fire That Forged the Declaration of Independence
In October 1775, the Royal Navy unleashed a firestorm on the colonial seaport of Falmouth, Massachusetts (modern-day Portland, Maine). What started as a punitive bomba...
The 1775 Invasion of Canada: The Siege of Fort St. Jean
The water of the Richelieu River ran black and freezing in the autumn of 1775. Here, in the dense, mosquito-infested swamp lands of the Canadian wilderness, the first ...
How 1,200 Farmers Bled an Empire: The Battle of Bunker Hill
On the night of June 16, 1775, 1,200 colonial militiamen raced against the dawn to build a massive earthen redoubt on a 75-foot hill overlooking Boston. Their goal? To...
The Battle of Chelsea Creek: How a Raid for Supplies Became a Naval Triumph
In May 1775, a simple raid for livestock accidentally sparked the first British naval defeat of the American Revolution. Six weeks after Lexington and Concord, British...
America's First Black Ops Mission: Taking Fort Ticonderoga
The Heist of Fort Ticonderoga: Allen, Arnold, and America's First Offensive In this episode, we dive into the dark, misty morning of May 10, 1775, when a ragtag band o...
