The Liberty Trail History Makers

A strategic location for the defense of New York's harbor, the Continentals failed to reinforce this peninsula, leading to the city's capture in August of 1776. A lighthouse dating to 1764 still operates there today, once serving as a Loyalist fortification.

The Patriots launch a misguided attack on British troops retreating from an aborted raid on Charleston

Potter's Tavern Wikimedia/Smallbones Colonial taverns were crucial hubs for the Revolution, serving as gathering places where travelers exchanged news from across the colonies and locals engaged in...

Fort Fair Lawn was a British outpost in 1780–1781 and was the target of a daring Patriot raid on November 17, 1781, and abandoned by the British a week later.

Hannah Weston Memorial Marker Historical Marker Database Hannah Weston (1758-1855) of Jonesboro, Maine, is remembered as one of Maine's notable female patriots of the Revolutionary War. Her fame comes...

In honor of the Minutemen of Lexington & Concord, 1775. One of whom was a Revolutionary War veteran, Capt. Abraham Andrews, 1747 – 1823. By the rude bridge that arched the flood, Their flag to April's...

General Henry Knox commissioned the bell in 1797 for the steeple of the Congregational Meeting House in Thomaston, Maine. It was cast by Paul Revere , then a noted silversmith, goldsmith, and...

Former Plantation of Henry Laurens: Merchant, Slave Trader, South Carolina Statesman, and Father of Revolutionary War Soldier John Laurens.

Former homestead of former Continental Major General Nathanael Greene.

On September 25, 1780, Generals George Washington and the Marquis de Lafayette traveled toward the Beverly Robinson House, across the Hudson River from West Point, New York. The Robinson House...

Originally constructed during the French & Indian War, this bastion served as a focal point Burgoyne's campaign to squash Patriot resistance in New York

The Battles of Connecticut Farms and Springfield were small but at the same time significant. It proved that New Jersey militia would stubbornly oppose any attempt by the British to move inland. The battles also showed that militia and Continental regular troops could work well together.