Making of America
In the early-morning hours of February 27, 1776, Commander Richard Caswell leads 1,000 Patriot troops in the successful Battle of Moores...
Making of America
On this day in 1813, New York Patriot Robert R. Livingston dies. Robert R. (or R.R.) Livingston was the eldest of nine children born to...
Making of America
On this day in 1779, Fort Sackville is surrendered, marking the beginning of the end of British domination in America’s western frontier....
Making of America
Friedrich Wilhelm Rudolf Gerhard August, Freiherr von Steuben, a Prussian military officer, arrives at General George Washington’s...
Making of America
On this day in 1777, George Weedon is promoted to the rank of brigadier general of the Virginia Regiment of the Continental Army. Weedon...
Making of America
On this day in 1792, President George Washington signs legislation renewing the United States Post Office as a cabinet department led by...
Making of America
On this day in 1777, the Continental Congress votes to promote Thomas Mifflin; Arthur St. Clair; William Alexander, Lord Stirling; Adam...
Making of America
From Norfolk, Virginia, Royal Governor John Murray, 4th Earl of Dunmore, dispatches a note to William Legge, 2nd Earl of Dartmouth,...
Making of America
The worldwide implications of the American War for Independence are made clear on this day in history as the American-allied French navy...
Making of America
On this day in 1778, two future presidents of the United States, John Adams and his son, 10-year-old John Quincy Adams, sit in Marblehead...
