by Massachusetts History Alliance | Oct 7, 2025 | History News
Steven W. Hill, MA, (dupageflag@gmail.com, dupagemilitaryflag.com) has been researching military flags and colors, with special focus on the regimental colors of the five major combatants in the American War for Independence—American, French, British, German, and...
by Massachusetts History Alliance | Oct 7, 2025 | History News
Andrew LawlerAs the American Revolution broke out in New England in the spring of 1775, dramatic events unfolded in Virginia that proved every bit as decisive as the battles of Lexington and Concord and Bunker Hill in uniting the colonies against Britain. Virginia,...
by Massachusetts History Alliance | Oct 7, 2025 | History News
Andrew VolpeWhile the printing press (and rolling press) had a significant impact on the American Revolution, the press has had a very long history of printing revolutionary and radical ideas – causing all sorts of havoc and controversy along the way. Join Andy Volpe,...
by Massachusetts History Alliance | Oct 3, 2025 | History News
Ben PowersOn October 7, 1777, British and German troops, part of a larger expedition commanded by General John Burgoyne invading New York from Canada, embarked on a scouting and foraging expedition in the vicinity of farmland known as Barber’s Wheatfield. An American...
by Massachusetts History Alliance | Sep 28, 2025 | History News
Michael RudermanBattle Green, Lexington was an accident. Concord Bridge, a skirmish. But in the most brutal and deadly warfare of April 19, 1775, nearly 6,000 combatants fought hand to hand and house to house, the length and breadth of a colonial village in Arlington...
