Repulse of Leslie at the Old North Bridge: This photograph of a painting by Frederick A. Bridgman from 1901 that’s held by the Essex Institute in Salem, Mass., depicts the standoff on Feb. 26, 1775, ...
The Revolutionary War began 250 years ago this year, but it would not be until over six years later, for all intents and purposes, that it came to an end with a victory over the British at Yorktown, ...
Newsreels told the story of World War II, and the early still photography of Matthew Brady chronicled the horrors of the Civil War. But with the American Revolution, which began 250 years ago this ...