Making of America
On this day in 1776, General George Washington gives the New York Convention three reasons for the American retreat from Long Island....
Making of America
On this day in 1779, at what is modern-day Elmira, New York, near the state’s southwestern border with Pennsylvania, Continental forces...
Making of America
On this day in 1774, Elizabeth Ann Bayley is born in New York City. She went on to found the first Catholic school and the first female...
Making of America
Falsely confident that the British would not attack New York’s Manhattan Island, General George Washington pours additional...
Making of America
On this day in 1776, the British arrive at Long Island, between Gravesend and New Utrecht, with “near twenty four thousand men ready to...
Making of America
On this day in 1794, General “Mad Anthony” Wayne proves that the fragile young republic can counter a military threat when he puts down...
Making of America
On this day in 1780, following the Continental Army’s disastrous loss two days earlier at the Battle of Camden, two bloody engagements...
Making of America
On this day in 1785, Jonathan Trumbull, governor of both the colony and state of Connecticut, dies in Lebanon, Connecticut, where he is...
Making of America
On this day in 1780, American Lieutenant Colonel Francis Marion, the “Swamp Fox,” and his irregular cavalry force of 250 rout a party of...
Making of America
The city of Boston observes the 11th anniversary of the popular resistance that prevented the execution of the Stamp Act there on this...
