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How a museum artifact in the form of an American Revolutionary War drum triggered interest in that drum and the 15-year-old soldier who carried it. Andrew Ream, a humble young man from Reamstown, Pennsylvania, served as the Drummer Boy at the 1778 Battle of Monmouth New Jersey. Two of Andrew's fourth great-grandchildren explore how that drum came to be preserved over 350 miles away in Western Pennsylvania.

President Trump’s Advisory 1776 Commission released its 1776 Report on Monday January 18, 2021. "In the course of human events there have always been those who deny or reject human freedom, but Americans will never falter in defending the fundamental truths of human liberty proclaimed on July 4, 1776. We will—we must—always hold these truths. The declared purpose of the President’s Advisory 1776 Commission is to “enable a rising generation to understand the history and principles of the founding of the United States in 1776 and to strive to form a more perfect Union.” This requires a restoration of American education, which can only be grounded on a history of those principles that is ...

The American Revolution in the Southern colonies was complicated with neighbors often pitted against each other. This was especially evident in Wilkes County, Georgia. Underscoring the complicated nuances of choosing one side over the other, "The Hornet's Nest" is the story of a vicious guerrilla war in which Indians, Loyalists, and Patriots fought for the same territory.

The Kentucky Kidnappings and Death March: The Revolutionary War at Ruddell's Fort and Martin's Station. In 1780, during the Revolutionary War, Kentucky was invaded by 200 British and Canadian soldiers and 800 Native American warriors. They surrounded and compelled to surrender two small American settlements called Ruddell’s Fort and Martin’s Station. The people there were simply farmers with families. At Ruddell’s Fort British Captain Henry Bird promised that settlers would be protected from the Indians and remain in the custody of the English. As soon as the gates opened in surrender, the Indians rushed in, killing some settlers and brutally seizing the rest as slaves, adoptees and p ...