The 248th anniversary of the Battle of Sullivan's Island will be commemorated by Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie ... naval and land forces on June 28, 1776. "This was the first decisive victory ...

While John Adams called for a declaration of independence in the Continental Congress, a down-on-his-luck Englishman named Thomas Paine sounded the clarion call for revolution in January 1776 ...

GILBERT, and myself had become separated from the rest of the Bohemians, and thinking the battle might soon begin, wished to find a position that commanded a view of the fort and the river.

The battle that ensued is known historically as the Battle of the Bulge. The courage and fortitude of the American Soldier was tested against great adversity. Nevertheless, the quality of his ...

CHARLESTOWN, R.I. (WPRI) — Firefighters in Charlestown battled a brush fire that broke out Saturday night. Crews responded to the end of Old Road off of Cedar Swamp around 9 p.m. and were met ...

The origin of the so-called Battle of the Oranges dates back to medieval times and is said to commemorate the day the townsfolk were liberated from the harsh rule of an evil duke. The legend goes ...

CHARLESTOWN, R.I. (WPRI) — Emergency repair work on the western wall of the Charlestown Breachway began on Friday after it was previously damaged by winter storms. The Rhode Island Department of ...

NEWS. A MAN IS IN THE HOSPITAL AFTER POLICE SAY HE WAS SHOT IN CHARLESTOWN. IT HAPPENED, THEY SAY, ON POLK STREET. POLICE SAY HE TOOK HIMSE Police in Charlestown are investigating a shooting that ...

Bannockburn. If there is a fact every Scot knows, it is who won the Battle of Bannockburn in 1314; although it did not bring outright victory in the war, which lay 14 years in the future and would ...

The longest and largest annual Canadian battle reenactment is taking place right on our doorstep this weekend. The Annual Siege of Old Fort Erie Reenactment features countless reenactors who come ...

For most Americans of the time, the Revolutionary War was a struggle ... famously helped at the Battle of Springfield, New Jersey, in 1780. Upon noticing that the company had run out of wadding ...