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In 1776, a 17-year-old Connecticut teenager secretly spied on the British during the American Revolution, escaped execution and survived where Nathan Hale failed

In 1776, 17-year-old Connecticut teenager David Maltbie secretly crossed into British-controlled Long Island as a spy. Posing as a schoolteacher, he gathered intelligence for the American cause, was captured and sentenced to hang, but escaped before his execution. His remarkable story echoes Nathan Hale’s failed espionage mission during the American…

The Economic Times

United States at 250: Looking beyond the founding fathers to unsung revolutionaries

The American Revolution is often examined through the lives of towering figures such as George Washington and Benjamin Franklin. But as the United States marks 250 years since the Declaration of Independence, RFI uncovers the stories of an enslaved spy, a woman who fought disguised as a man and an…

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A New George Washington Biopic Is Flying Under The Radar, And There Are Two Reasons I'm Excited For It

A patriotic movie for the 250th birthday of the United States!

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Doug Burgum bungles American history on live TV and forgets who was leading the nation in 1776

Interior secretary gets the presidencies of George Washington and Theodore Roosevelt all wrong during interview to promote administration’s 250th anniversary celebrations

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The Gun That Won the Revolution

The American Long Rifle was accurate at long distances, unlike British smoothbores.

Reason

The military traded its flu vaccine mandate for ‘medical freedom’ – an outbreak quickly followed

Amid a worsening flu outbreak at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas, the U.S. Air Force, Army and Navy are once again requiring new recruits to get vaccinated against the influenza virus, according to ABC News. The move comes two months after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth rescinded the…

The Conversation

How the concept of ‘medical freedom’ is reshaping the military’s decades-long stance on the flu vaccine mandate − and endangering troops’ readiness

For the first time in almost 80 years, U.S. service members will no longer be mandated to receive the annual influenza vaccine.

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Stories of Black and Indigenous patriots come into focus as US remembers the American Revolution

The stories of Black and Indigenous men who fought during the American Revolution are sometimes overlooked

The Independent UK

1776’s Declaration of Independence inspired Washington’s troops to fight against the odds – and also helped bring in powerful allies

A crowd gathered along the waterfront in New York City in the summer of 1776. The scene they witnessed was terrifying.

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Muskets crack, drums echo as Boston marks 250 years since British evacuation

Reenactors in tricorn hats and 18th-century military coats filled a South Boston chapel Tuesday before firing muskets and marching through neighborhood streets to mark the 250th anniversary of the British evacuation of Boston

The Independent UK

Patriots and loyalists both rallied around St. Patrick’s Day during the Revolutionary War

The Continental Army’s winter encampment at Valley Forge, between December 1777 and June 1778, is the stuff of legend. Chased out of Philadelphia by the British Army, George Washington and over 12,000 American troops retreated to Valley Forge, where they spent six long months harried by hunger, disease and the…

The Conversation

Founding father myths: Did George Washington really have wooden teeth?

On this day 250 years ago, Washington would have been nearing the culmination of an almost year-long siege that effectively trapped an estimated 11,000 British troops and hundreds of loyalists

The Independent UK

Where George Washington would disagree with Pete Hegseth about fitness for command and what makes a warrior

As he paced across a stage at a military base in Quantico, Virginia, on Sept. 30, 2025, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth told the hundreds of U.S. generals and admirals he had summoned from around the world that he aimed to reshape the military’s culture.

The Conversation

US military chaplaincy marks 250 years of providing spiritual support to service members

In 1775, a year before there was a United States and six weeks after the Continental Army was formed, George Washington made a declaration that has shaped the military ever since: “We need chaplains.”

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Parades Are Great, but We Shouldn't Venerate the Military

America’s founders were deeply suspicious of a standing army.

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Lafayette helped Americans turn the tide in their fight for independence – and 50 years later, he helped forge the growing nation’s sense of identity

America is nearing the 250th anniversary of its revolutionary birth, the Declaration of Independence. July 4, 2026, will mark a milestone – and a time for reflection.

Reason

How Britain's Protectionist Trade Policies Created Valley Forge

The site of George Washington's famed winter encampment might not have existed without colonial-era iron regulations.

Reason

Washington's Neutrality Proclamation And Trump's Ukrainian Proclamation

During the American Revolutionary War, France made the strategic decision to assist the fledgling United States. A primary, if not… The post Washington's Neutrality Proclamation And Trump's Ukrainian Proclamation appeared first on Reason.com.

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Biden warns against Trump return, says ‘we nearly lost America’ in Capitol attack

On the eve of the third anniversary of the day a mob of Trump supporters stormed into the Capitol, Biden laid out Trump’s role in the attack. More than 100 police officers were bloodied, beaten and attacked by the rioters.

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Meet the Outlander season 7 cast: who's who in the new season

Outlander season 7 will feature familiar faces along with many new faces and a few cast members who are returning to the series.

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