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In January 1776, Virginia’s Port City of Norfolk Was Set Ablaze, Galvanizing the Revolution. But Who Really Lit the Match?
The first morning of 1776 dawned mercifully warm and clear over Virginia’s port of Norfolk, a welcome change after the snow ...
The young Connecticut schoolmaster's intelligence-gathering mission was ill-fated from the start. But after he was hanged by ...
After being forced from New York City and environs in the fall of 1776, General George Washington and his small army of Continentals and militia were pursued by superior British forces under the ...
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