Revolutionary War

This week, the show travels back to the American Revolution to explore the science of the weapons used by all sides.

The year 2025 marks the 250th birthday for both branches of the U.S. military and Philadelphia -- the birthplace of each --...

The printed version of Henry’s galvanizing speech in a crowded church was about 1,200 words. And yet those seven words have...

George Washington was commanding the Continental Army and staying in Morristown when he wrote an optimistic letter on the...

An era-appropriate melody plays as photographs move slowly across the screen and a voice reads heartfelt letters written...

Forensics labs need Americans with 18th-century ancestral ties to the states of Maryland, Delaware or North Carolina to come...

In a mere two months, soldiers learned how to load and fire a musket quicker and more efficiently, and were introduced to the...

The Navy's tradition of flying battle flags is as old as America itself. Here's an (incomplete) guide to the service's best...

Nearly 250 years ago, hundreds of militiamen lined a hillside in Massachusetts and started firing a barrage of musket balls...

More than 83,000 pension records from the Revolutionary War require preservation ahead of commemorations of the conflict's...