George Washington’s war tent, created in Reading during the Valley Forge encampment in 1778, is an iconic part of the Museum ...

“Washington’s Lieutenants: Major Versus Brigadier Generals in the Revolutionary War” sets expectations with its callback to the three-volume classic Civil War study, Douglas Southall Freeman’s “Lee’s ...

Douglas Branson, author of "Washington's Lieutenants," talked about the leadership structure of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War.

In a small town 60 miles north of New York City, General George Washington saved the American experiment in its cradle. It was not long after the Battle of Yorktown in 1781, when Washington's decisive ...

I. The anvil of necessity. Dark dawn of adventure -- A desperate search for advisers -- Traveler's dust -- A Virginian among New Englanders -- The war of positions -- The spreading blaze -- Foreign ...

When Martha Custis married George Washington in 1759, according to Chadwick, she was a fat and amiable widow seeking a loving companion, a father for her children and a manager for her sizable ...

Fort Washington, Pennsylvania, is known for its captivating dogwood trees and its deep ties to the American Revolution. In fact, George Washington maintained his headquarters in the area just north of ...

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