How a Prussian Baron Helped the Colonists Win the American Revolution In a mere two months, soldiers learned how to load and fire a musket quicker and more efficiently, and were introduced to the...
US Navy Battle Flags: A Visual Guide The Navy's tradition of flying battle flags is as old as America itself. Here's an (incomplete) guide to the service's best...
Archeologists Find Musket Balls Fired During One of the First Battles in the Revolutionary War Nearly 250 years ago, hundreds of militiamen lined a hillside in Massachusetts and started firing a barrage of musket balls...
The National Archives Needs Your Help Transcribing Revolutionary War Records More than 83,000 pension records from the Revolutionary War require preservation ahead of commemorations of the conflict's...
The History of the US Army's Birthday June 14 should be considered one of the most patriotic days in America. Not only is it Flag Day, celebrating the adoption of...
Michael Douglas' Benjamin Franklin Brings France Into the American Revolution in a New Apple TV+ Series This new dramatization of Franklin's most important diplomatic magnum opus is based on Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer...
The 11 Finalists for the First-Ever American Battlefield Trust Book Prize for History The American Battlefield Trust Book Prize for History is like March Madness for the best books on military history.
A Medical Mystery Almost as Old as America: What Actually Killed George Washington? Anecdotal evidence and empirical data show that Americans are infatuated with true crime, from cold-case television shows to...
'A Republic of Scoundrels' Shows Readers Not All Founding Fathers Were Worthy of Praise Most of the Founding Fathers risked their lives fighting the British, worked tirelessly to unite the colonies or made...
The Free Black Minuteman Recognized for Gallantry at the Battle of Bunker Hill Salem Poor was among the first Massachusetts men to join a militia as a "Minuteman," able to respond to British aggression at...
Troop Pay Safe After Congress Approves Extension of Government Funding Troop pay is no longer in jeopardy after Congress approved legislation to keep the government funded through mid-March and...
They Fought in Iraq’s Bloodiest Battle. Will Their Kids Be the Next Generation of Marines? No matter the profession, parents and children in both civilian and military families must navigate delicate decisions about...
14.5% Junior Enlisted Pay Raise, Restriction on Care for Transgender Military Kids Headed to Biden's Desk The 4.5% raise will be added to all service members' paychecks at the beginning of January, while the remaining 10% extra for...
Army Set to Debut Master Combat Badges in Spring, Memo Says The Army is set to begin awarding Master Combat Badges, which will combine expert and traditional combat badges, next spring...
Police Say Marine Charged with Escort's Murder Googled Whether It's Possible to Scream While Being Strangled In what a local official called a "chilling" case, an active-duty Marine stationed in Florida was arrested and charged with...
