It was 250 years ago this week that Patriot militiamen carried out the first military operation of the Revolutionary War in what became the Tar Heel State. There was no pitched battle. No one died.

For many Americans, the Revolutionary War was the country’s star-spangled origin story, a righteous battle between home-grown patriots and invading British forces, which ended in the triumphant ...

North Carolinians’ role in winning the Revolutionary War began with the fateful fire they set 250 years ago this week.

It was 250 years ago this week that Patriot militiamen carried out the first military operation of the Revolutionary War in ...

“General Washington and Thomas Jefferson both said that the Battle of Kings Mountain was the turning point of the Revolutionary War,” according to playwright/author Robert Inman. “That’s the reason we ...

Biographical sketches of loyalists of the American Revolution, with an historical essay [electronic resource] by Sabine, Lorenzo, 1803-1877; Thomson Gale (Firm) Publication date 1864 Topics American ...

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One of the most common misconceptions people have is that all Americans fought for the Patriots’ cause, and that’s not true.” ...

This is the 250th anniversary of the start of the American Revolution. The celebrations have begun, notably the Boston Tea ...

Establishing freedom of religion was a hard-fought success of the American Founding. Today we are still fighting.