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Samuel Adams: The Revolutionary Who Lit the Fuse and Then Was Forgotten

Samuel Adams: The Revolutionary Who Lit the Fus...

Before Washington crossed the Delaware, Jefferson picked up his pen, or Franklin put on his fur cap, there was a man in Boston who had been building a revolution for...

Samuel Adams: The Revolutionary Who Lit the Fus...

Before Washington crossed the Delaware, Jefferson picked up his pen, or Franklin put on his fur cap, there was a man in Boston who had been building a revolution for...

Alexander Hamilton: The Man Who Built the Engine

Alexander Hamilton: The Man Who Built the Engine

You know him from the musical. You know him from the $10 bill. However, here is the Alexander Hamilton that neither Broadway nor our currency quite captures. He was the...

Alexander Hamilton: The Man Who Built the Engine

You know him from the musical. You know him from the $10 bill. However, here is the Alexander Hamilton that neither Broadway nor our currency quite captures. He was the...

James Madison: The Farmer Who Nearly Wasn’t Allowed to Speak

James Madison: The Farmer Who Nearly Wasn’t All...

He stood 5’ 4” tall and weighed 100 lbs. His voice was so quiet that delegates in the back of the room often could not hear him. He suffered throughout...

James Madison: The Farmer Who Nearly Wasn’t All...

He stood 5’ 4” tall and weighed 100 lbs. His voice was so quiet that delegates in the back of the room often could not hear him. He suffered throughout...

John Hancock: The Showman Who Signed His Name and Bet Everything

John Hancock: The Showman Who Signed His Name a...

His signature is the most famous in American history. It is bold, big, full of flare, and impossible to miss on the Declaration of Independence. Legend says he signed it...

John Hancock: The Showman Who Signed His Name a...

His signature is the most famous in American history. It is bold, big, full of flare, and impossible to miss on the Declaration of Independence. Legend says he signed it...

Richard Henry Lee: The Man Who Pulled the Trigger

Richard Henry Lee: The Man Who Pulled the Trigger

On June 7, 1776, a tall Virginia planter with a damaged left hand stood on the floor of the Second Continental Congress in Philadelphia and introduced a resolution of just...

Richard Henry Lee: The Man Who Pulled the Trigger

On June 7, 1776, a tall Virginia planter with a damaged left hand stood on the floor of the Second Continental Congress in Philadelphia and introduced a resolution of just...

Washington Crossing the Delaware: The Night History Held Its Breath

Washington Crossing the Delaware: The Night His...

Emanuel Leutze painted it in 1851, Washington standing like a superhero general in a wooden boat, crossing an icy river with the Sun coming up, and the flag of a...

Washington Crossing the Delaware: The Night His...

Emanuel Leutze painted it in 1851, Washington standing like a superhero general in a wooden boat, crossing an icy river with the Sun coming up, and the flag of a...