The Liberty Trail History Makers

Home of the Kentish Guards, a historic Rhode Island Independent Military Organization, founded in 1774. Historical Marker Database The Kentish Guards were formed on September 24, 1774, to protect East...

At the Battle of Harlem Heights, American forces rallied after earlier defeats and struck back against advancing British troops on northern Manhattan. The clash restored much-needed confidence to the Continental Army and proved the Patriots could stand against Britain’s professional soldiers.

Now the site of one of the last Scottish broadsword charges in history, nearly 1,000 North Carolina Patriots faced off against well-trained Highlanders in the first significant victory for the Patriots in the Revolution

Fort Hamilton is an 18th–19th-century coastal fortification that occupies the island beneath and around the Rose Island Lighthouse. It includes bombproof barracks, bastions, remnants of WWI and WWII...

World War I Memorial at Miantonomi Hill Visit Rhode Island Indigenous people used the area around the park for hundreds of years, and the park (and the hill it is on) is named after Narragansett...

The East Jersey Old Town Village is a collection of historic structures dating the 18th century. Today, living historians walk the grounds, bringing the Revolution and the Colonial Era to life.

Historic fort attacked on October 6, 1777, as part of the British army’s three-pronged invasion of New York.

The Patriots Take Provisions and Prisoners in a Surprise Attack on a British Supply Depot.

William Vernon House Kenneth C. Zirkel This house is named after William Vernon, who was the President of the Eastern Navy Board through the Revolutionary War and was also the founder and second...

The Fraunces Tavern Museum is Manhattan’s oldest building and the site of meetings of the Sons of Liberty.

Following the Revolutionary War, Lafayette accepted an invitation from George Washington and returned to America. The Marquis de Lafayette departed France in mid-June 1784 and arrived in New York City...

On December 27, 1782, Patriot forces under Captain Richard Shreve and Captain Edward Thomas were surprised at a tavern by Loyalist raider Captain John Bacon, igniting a sharp skirmish. Though the militia gained the advantage, aid from local Loyalists allowed the wounded Bacon to escape, leaving casualties on both sides and marking what is believed to be the last land engagement of the American Revolution.