3+ day, 2+ hour ago  (161+ words) Museum of the City of New York As the Declaration of Independence was publicly proclaimed on the streets of New York City in July 1776, the British forces were already in motion. With a decisive victory in the Battle of Brooklyn…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (210+ words) Experience the Battle of Princeton National Endowment for the Humanities (. gov) Experience the Battle of Princeton The Princeton Battlefield Society After the successful 1776 Christmas surprise attack on British and Hessian troops in Trenton, New Jersey, George Washington continued his march…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (139+ words) Published by The Westminster Magazine. Nearly a decade before the first shots rang out at Lexington and Concord, most American colonists were fiercely loyal to the British crown. As the French and Indian War ended, the British government found itself…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (150+ words) National Endowment for the Humanities (. gov) Perspectives on the American Revolution shift the further west you go. While American revolutionaries were fighting for independence from the British, the Spanish were slowly advancing along the West Coast. During the Revolutionary War,…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (213+ words) Printmakers include P. Canot, H. B. Hall, S. V. Hunt, J. B. Longacre, J. M. Probst and Paul Sandby. During the summer of 2022, Rowan University sponsored public archaeological digs on the site of the Red Bank Battlefield. This particular battle saw fierce combat, with Americans claiming victory over Hessian…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (379+ words) National Endowment for the Humanities (. gov) By Earl Mc Donald/ NARA The National Endowment for the Humanities mourns the passing of National Humanities Medalist Gordon S. Wood, who died at the age of 92 on June 8, 2026. A preeminent scholar of the American…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (555+ words) National Endowment for the Humanities (. gov) Second Lady Usha Vance to Judge National Student Art Competition on American Heroes Second Lady Usha Vance will be among the panel of distinguished judges to choose the winners of a national student art…...

1+ mon, 6+ day ago  (187+ words) Augmented Reality on the Liberty Trail National Endowment for the Humanities (. gov) Augmented Reality on the Liberty Trail When the American Revolution began, many of the battles were concentrated in the northern colonies. By 1778, the British forces realized that much…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (151+ words) As part of national commemorations of the 250th anniversary of the United States, Vermont Historical Society (VHS) has selected 50 items from its collections that symbolize themes, trends, and moments from the state's long and proud history. This research will inform a…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (195+ words) To mark this year's U. S. Semiquincentennial, the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has committed $730, 000 to sponsor a Freedom 250 national student art competition honoring important figures of American history. The Freedom 250 American Heroes Student Art Contest invites students in grades 312 to…...