Matthias Aspden spent his time abroad yearning for his "native country." His heirs later took the government to court, ...

The American Revolution is often told as a triumphant story of democracy and freedom. But this narrative leaves out a significant group: the loyalist men and women who remained faithful to Britain and ...

H. W. Brands, best-selling author of biographies of American heroes and villains, has earned a much-deserved reputation as a writer of narrative history. In “Our First Civil War: Patriots and ...

The Pennsylvania Evening Post, which was the United States’ first daily newspaper, published the above dispatch from Middletown on June 16, 1780. There’s nothing exceptional on its surface. Raids and ...

On Friday, April 17, at 6 p.m, Johnson Hall State Historic Site will explore the stories of Loyalist and British-allied civilians in the upper-Hudson and Mohawk Valleys during the American Revolution.

Colonists’ loyalties were split during the Revolutionary War, as shown in the Battle of Brandywine. Revolutionary War reenactors recreate the Battle of Brandywine on the grounds of the Chadds Ford ...

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! H.W. Brands discusses the relationship between Patriots and Loyalists following the American Revolution, including the relationship between William ...

List of maps -- Cast of characters -- Introduction: Spirit of 1783 -- Part I: Refugees. Civil war ; An unsettling peace ; A new world disorder -- Part II: Settlers. The heart of empire ; A world in ...

The Smithsonian noted in 2022 that the sculpture of King George dressed as an ancient Roman emperor offended many local ...