Jason Russell House & Museum, Arlington, Massachusetts
Visit the Jason Russell House and Museum to learn more about The Battle of Menotomy, in present day Arlington, MA, which saw the most intense fighting of 19 April 1775.
Eyewitness – Fighting at the North Bridge
Fire, men, fire!
Charleville Musket
By Matthew J. Seelinger In the early years of the Revolutionary War, American militia forces and Continental troops demonstrated they had the will to take on the British Army, inflicting […]
175th Infantry Regiment
The 175th Infantry is the oldest continuously operating military unit in Maryland, and the seventh oldest regiment in the U.S. Army.
The First Battles: Lexington and Concord, 19 April 1775
Following the destruction of British East India Company tea in Boston Harbor in December 1773, and the heavy-handed response of the British government with the imposition of the Coercive Acts in the summer of 1774, tensions between the American colonies and the Mother Country grew steadily worse.
Brigadier General John Stark
British General Thomas Gage. . . said that “if one John Stark was with them, they would fight; for he was a brave fellow.”
ARMY ARTIFACTS — EPISODE 14 — Army and Veteran Stories from Pohick Church
Discover the historic beginnings of Pohick Church as well as some of its more notable attendees including George Mason, William Fairfax, and George Washington.