Historians do not always agree about the happenings of this day in colonial history . There are many accountings of what became the 'Fir...

"On April 7th 1778 The U.S.S. Lexington becomes the first American ship to capture a British warship (the HMS Edward)"

When fighting broke out in 1775 the American colonists had no large gunboats, no naval cannon or shot, no warship construction experience, a...

John Adams, like Abigail, had a recorded observation: "If we survive this year. We will have more soldiers. We shall be better armed. ...