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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Early in the summer of 1758, as the British began bombarding Louisbourg, Montcalm had managed a stunning victory at Fort Carillon. Sixteen thousand British troops led by General James Abercromby ...

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 ...

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 ...

CHARLESTOWN, R.I. (WJAR) — A car smashed into a grocery store in Charlestown on Monday. The car ran over the parking stop and smashed into the glass front of Charlestown Mini Super on Post Road.