revolutionary war

Democratic members of New York's congressional delegation want to rename a Veterans Affairs hospital after a woman who fought alongside American troops during the Revolutionary War.

Skeletal remains of as many as 11 people believed to have died during the Revolutionary War have been uncovered at a construction site in upstate New York, a lawyer for the couple who owns the property told The Associated Press Tuesday.

A manuscript detailing a New York man's experiences as a teenage prisoner of the British during the Revolutionary War has been donated to the Museum of the American Revolution.

Revolutionary War re-enactors plan to symbolically guard a historic Hudson Valley site where preservationists say the graves of Continental Army soldiers are threatened by development.

Work is expected to begin next year on a memorial to be built on the exact spot where a British general turned over his sword to his American counterpart after the Battles of Saratoga during the American Revolution.

An upstate New York town is a step closer to acquiring a Revolutionary War battlefield that had been considered for a quarry business.

WHITEHALL, N.Y. (AP) — A group that promotes tourism in northeastern New York is launching an initiative to highlight Revolutionary War history in seven upstate communities.

FORT ANN, N.Y. (AP) — A national historic preservation organization plans to acquire the upstate New York site of a Revolutionary War battle.

JOHNSTOWN, N.Y. (AP) — The head of the New York state parks department is joining local officials to mark the restoration of a historic building at a Colonial-era site in the Mohawk Valley.

Steeped in history and legends, New York is filled with stories of the forgotten, eerie and the weird that influence us everyday. The Oriskany Battlefield Monument commemorates and important victory during the Revolutionary War and has a surprising connection to the Erie Canal in Utica.