The Liberty Trail History Makers

The Henry Knox Trail, also known as the Knox Cannon Trail, is a network of roads and paths that traces the route of Colonel Henry Knox's "noble train of artillery" from Crown Point, New York, to the...

Site of the Battle of Short Hills, June 25, 1777. Historical Marker Database The Battle of Short Hills, fought on June 26, 1777, was a significant engagement in central New Jersey. In this battle...

An oyster-shell, “tabby,” fortress, originally constructed here during the French and Indian War, was restored, and occupied by both the British and Patriots.

Lafayette Tour Marker, Middletown, PA William G. Pomeroy Foundation President James Monroe invited the Marquis de Lafayette to visit the United States, his adopted country. Lafayette’s tour of all 24...

Frequented by many influential figures in Boston's revolutionary history, the Old South Meeting House served as a place of public discourse that contributed to the city's role in the American Revolution

Site of the Second Viriginia Convention and Patrick Henry's famous words, "Give me liberty or give me death!"

Patriot spy named Silas Towne hid on this island and observed British General Barry St. Ledger’s troop movements during the 1777 three-pronged invasion of New York.

An ordinary farmhouse within Monmouth, it became a hotspot during the Battle of Monmouth as Charles Lee mounted a defense against advancing British troops.

A home to a Quaker family, it served as a hospital following the Battle of Red Bank.

Former headquarters of the French fleet in North America and the home of Loyalist sympathizer.

Now under the man-made Lake Marion, British Lieutenant Colonel John Watson and Patriot Brigadier General Francis Marion, the “Swamp Fox,” skirmished in Wyboo Swamp near Santee Road.

Plaque near the Vauxhall Bridge on Vauxhall Road Historical Marker Database New Jersey militia and Dragoons under Colonel “Light Horse” Harry Lee, Colonel Matthias Ogden, and Captain George Walker...