Making of America
On this day in 1775, Patriot minutemen in whaleboats, commanded by Major Joseph Vose, raid Nantasket Point, also known as Little Brewster...
Making of America
On this day in 1780, General “Mad Anthony” Wayne leads two brigades of Pennsylvania militia, supported by four artillery pieces, in an...
Making of America
On this day in 1779, Massachusetts, without consulting either Continental political or military authorities, launches a 4,000-man naval...
Making of America
On this day in 1792, the Revolutionary War naval hero John Paul Jones dies in his Paris apartment, where he was still awaiting a...
Making of America
On this day in 1776, the Continental Congress learns of General George Washington’s refusal to accept a dispatch from British General...
Making of America
On this day in 1779, American Brigadier General Anthony Wayne launches a coup de main against British fortifications at Stony Point, New...
Making of America
On this day in 1789, only one day after the fall of the Bastille marked the beginning of a new revolutionary regime in France, the French...
Making of America
On this day in 1798, one of the most egregious breaches of the U.S. Constitution in history becomes federal law when Congress passes the...
Making of America
On this day in 1787, Congress enacts the Northwest Ordinance, structuring settlement of the Northwest Territory and creating a policy for...
Making of America
On this day in 1780, Philadelphia lawyer Captain Christian Huck and 130 Loyalist cavalry, belonging to British Lieutenant Colonel...
