This is the grave of Mercy Otis Warren. Born in 1728 in Barnstable, Massachusetts, Mercy Otis grew up in the relative elite of eighteenth-century Massachusetts, which really wasn't that elite..
This is the grave of Charles Lee. Born in 1732 in Darnhall, Cheshire, England, Lee grew up in a prominent English military family. His father John was a major general.
Martha Jones, one of our finest historians of the Black freedom struggle, has a powerful essay on trying to find evidence about the life of Abigail, the slave of John.
Happy Blow Your Fingers Off with Fireworks Day! On this great and glorious day, let's remember that one of the key causes of the American Revolution was whites discovering their.
This is the grave of Thomas Nelson. Born in 1738 in Yorktown, Virginia, Nelson was part of the early Virginia elite. He was educated in England, graduating from Cambridge in.
This entire thread is incredible. The picture above: It's just John Adams fighting a giant snake. A thread of images from a Japanese illustrated history of America from 1861.Here is.
This is the grave of Robert Treat Paine. Born in 1731 in Boston to a minister father and the daughter of the minister who had founded Newark, New Jersey, Paine.
This is the grave of the Boston Massacre dead. So here's the thing about the Boston Massacre: it's one of these super-patriotic moments when our ancestors stood up to those.
