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WHAT CAN MAKE YOU AS "ONE-MAN ARMY"?

Peter Francisco, born Pedro Francisco, was known as the “Virginia Giant”, patriot and soldier of the American Revolution. Peter is said to have stood six and a half feet tall, and weighed in at 260 pounds.

After several years in the northern battles, he joi...

HAND-TO-HAND FIGHTING IN NEW YORK

There were plenty of fierce battles in the American Revolution, but few were as violent as six hours of hand-to-hand fighting that took place 100 miles from the Canadian border. Patriot General Herkimer and 800 militiamen were marching through a forest and bog s...

WHAT ARE IMPORTANT FACTS ABOUT THE GRAND UNION FLAG?

1. ) The Grand Union is the United States’ first national flag

The Grand Union flag was created during the first year of the Revolutionary War. The designer and exact date of creation are unknown, but it is credited as the first national flag...

HOW MANY NAMES DOES GRAND UNION FLAG HAVE?

Over the years, this flag has been referred to in lots of different ways. Five names have stuck with it over time—here they are.

1. The Grand Union—this name originated during the United States’ Reconstruction Era. It was first applied to this flag by ...

THE GRAND OLD UNION

Americans love their Stars and Stripes, and fly it proudly. But many do not know that it was not the one flying when the 13 Colonies declared Independence on July 4th, 1776.

The first flag that the early United States used as its “national flag” is known by several names, l...

WHY WERE THEY INVOLVED IN THE WAR?
--Women of War--

In 1836 women, as well as men, resided in Mexican Texas. The native-American female population, a sizeable but declining segment of the population, was also in the region, but rarely counted on census roles. As a result, Texas women of all clas...

WHY "AUNT DINAH" WAS IN THE WAR OF 1812?
--Women of War--

Some of the most famous members of the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy fought on opposing sides during the War of 1812, a conflict that proved, much like the American Revolution, to be another disastrous civil war for Six Nations peo...

WHY WOMEN ARE HIGHLY RESPECTED IN WAR OF 1812?
--Women of War--

The women that were in the camp during the War of 1812 were wives of the soldiers, they were chosen by a lottery system. Only six wives were allowed in camp for every one hundred soldiers.

The women were employed as seamstresses,...

WHAT WAS CIVIL WAR WITHOUT THESE WOMEN?
--Women of War--

The lives of women changed dramatically during the American Civil War. They played important roles both at home and on the battlefield. On the home front, women for both sides had to manage the household while their husbands and sons were ...