One-Woman Play Showcases War Hero in Men's Disguise A touring one-woman play, “A Revolution of Her Own,” tells the story of Deborah Sampson, who disguised herself as a man to...
Muskets Crack, Drums Echo as Boston Marks 250 Years Since British Evacuation Reenactors in tricorn hats and 18th-century military coats filled a South Boston chapel Tuesday before firing muskets and...
Annual Chicago Ceremony Honors Polish-American 'Father of American Cavalry' Casimir Pulaski Day, observed the first Monday in March in Illinois, honors the Polish-born Revolutionary War hero who helped...
From the Revolutionary War to Iraq, The Music & Books That Shaped American Troops From “Yankee Doodle” to iPod playlists, here’s what American troops read and listened to in every war — and how culture...
The Noble Train: How a Boston Bookseller Saved the Revolution In the winter of 1776, Henry Knox delivered 60 tons of artillery rhat Forced the British from Boston.
Supporters Press for a DC Memorial to Thomas Paine, Whose Writings Helped Fuel the Revolutionary War Jan. 10, 2026, marks the 250th anniversary of the publication of Paine's “Common Sense.”
The Continental Army’s Medical Crisis: Benjamin Rush’s Whistleblowing in 1778 Benjamin Rush exposed severe mismanagement in Revolutionary War military hospitals, documenting supply abuses, high mortality...
Ken Burns’ The American Revolution: 10 Big Takeaways From the Directors (Exclusive) Ken Burns’ new PBS docuseries The American Revolution is a six-part, 12-hour series that puts troops, camp followers, and...
How Hollywood Has Rewritten the American Revolution: A Century of Film & TV Portrayals We take a look at how Hollywood has depicted the American Revolution over the last 100+ years, from silent films to HBO's...
How Ken Burns’ Revolutionary War Series Reveals the War Within Ken Burns’ new PBS series, The American Revolution, reframes the founding war as a brutal, chaotic conflict fought on...
The Recruiting Surge Was Engineered. Can It Last in a War with Iran? The military’s recruiting surge didn’t happen by accident. New programs drove gains, but as the war with Iran grows...
Could the US Bring Back the Draft? Who Would Be Called First — and Who Qualifies Could the U.S. bring back the draft? Here’s how Selective Service works today, who would be called first and why only about...
Army Speeds AI Warfighting Push as US Troops are in Active Combat An Army test used AI tools to hit 15 targets in one hour, signaling a rapid shift in how battlefield decisions are made and...
VA Study: Ozempic, Other GLP-1 Drugs May Fight Addiction Across Every Major Substance For the more than 48 million Americans with substance use disorders, including a disproportionate share of veterans, GLP-1...
After the Knock on the Door: How TAPS Supports Military Families for Life After a service member dies, families face a lifetime of grief. TAPS founder Bonnie Carroll explains how the organization...
