Did you know the Ladies Association of Philadelphia was the first women-only association in the Thirteen Colonies and that they came together to help raise funds for the Revolutionary War?. As part of her capstone project, Harper Quale, a member of our 2024–2025 Youth Leadership

In order to draw Union General John Pope's Army of Virginia into battle, Confederate General Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson attacked a Federal column that was passing across his front on the Warrenton Turnpike late #OnThisDay August 28, 1862. In a fierce firefight, Jackson's

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Our newest battlefield driving tour releases tomorrow, Thursday, August 28, at 8 PM EST on our YouTube channel! In this tour, we hop in the car with Dr. Tim Smith of the West to explore Vicksburg National Military Park. All together, this tour is over 2 years in the making, so we

September 7, 2025, is Grandparents’ Day, and it’s a perfect time to show grandkids that history isn’t boring! Join us for a Generations Event at Antietam National Battlefield with the @antietam_1862, where we’ll hike and explore history with hands-on activities. (The event is

If you saw the hit play Hamilton—or even if you didn’t—you may have heard of Revolutionary War hero John Laurens. An aide-de-camp to General George Washington and a close friend of Alexander Hamilton, the young Patriot from South Carolina lost his life at the Battle of Tar Bluff

Can you guess who this mysterious figure is from only three facts about their life? Click through the photos to test your luck! Did you get it right?. Once you have made your guess, learn more about this figure here:

In the newest episode of our podcast, Boom Goes the History, Kris White gives a tour of Guilford Courthouse National Military Park in Greensboro, NC. Join him as he describes the March 15, 1781, Revolutionary War battle between Nathanael Greene's Continentals and the British

Happy Birthday, National Park Service! Since the creation of the National Park Service #OnThisDay August 25, 1916, by President Woodrow Wilson, the public has gained valuable access to and information from treasured American landscapes. But the National Park System does so much

#DidYouKnow that George Washington was one of the first farmers to experiment with growing coffee in the United States? Today, Mount Vernon continues the gardening tradition Washington began, with two coffee plants still cultivated on site. However, these plants are mostly grown.

By dawn #OnThisDay August 24, 1814, it was clear that Bladensburg, Maryland, was the target for British attack, and Brigadier General William H. Winder’s tired American forces were forced to march at full speed to get there first. By the end of the day, the American forces had

At the age of 14, John Cook enlisted in the Union Army in Cincinnati, Ohio, as a bugler for the 4th U.S Artillery. During the Battle of Antietam on September 17, 1862, the Union battery came under fire from Confederate infantrymen in the West Woods. After carrying a wounded

Nestled in the upcountry of South Carolina is the story of Andrew Pickens and the Cherokee. Learn more about the Upcountry during the American Revolution and its post-war years through the new Journey Maps feature for biographies on like with Pickens’s.

British Brevet Brigadier General Barry St. Leger abandoned his siege of Fort Stanwix in New York #OnThisDay August 22, 1777. Instead of capturing the fort and the critical Mohawk Valley, St. Leger retreated and went to the aid of British General John Burgoyne, whose entire force.

As the election of 1864 loomed, President Abraham Lincoln hoped to secure a quick and decisive victory on the battlefield. The Overland Campaign, led by the newly appointed General-in-Chief Ulysses S. Grant, was proposed as the solution. After around forty days of maneuver and.

The Battle of Weldon Railroad, also known as Globe Tavern, ended in a decisive Union victory #OnThisDay August 21, 1864. Hoping to destroy the Confederacy’s only link between Richmond and the port of Wilmington, Gen. Ulysses S. Grant sent his troops to the Weldon Railroad in.

In August 1780, Patriot Brig. Gen. Francis Marion initiated a surprise attack at an abandoned plantation called Great Savannah, where 150 Continental prisoners were being held. Despite Marion’s successful recapture of the prisoners, 85 refused to be freed, fearing what fate.

#DidYouKnow that Benjamin Harrison was one of five US presidents from Ohio who fought in the Civil War? Born in North Bend, Ohio, #OnThisDay August 20, 1833, Harrison was living in Indiana upon the outbreak of the war and joined the 70th Indiana. After the Atlanta Campaign,

Join the American Battlefield Trust and the @antietam_1862 for a FREE Event on Sunday, September 7, 2025, at Antietam National Battlefield for a Generations Event and Hike. From 2:30 pm to 5 pm, learn about American Civil War history, try on wool uniforms, examine historic

Lasting perhaps 15 minutes, the Battle of Blue Licks, the largest battle of the Revolutionary War fought #OnThisDay August 19, 1782, in Kentucky, was a resounding British victory. When Kentucky militia under Col. John Todd attacked a loyalist force under Capt. William Caldwell,.

#OnThisDay August 19, 1862, more than 55,000 men within John Pope’s Army of Virginia were in full retreat after a string of summer losses and a crushing defeat at the Second Battle of Manassas. Among the mass exodus were formerly enslaved people, who were following the Union