This narrative explores the Battle of Gettysburg as one of history’s defining turning points, tracing the conflict from the strategic movements that preceded it to the brutal, chaotic fighting across ...
MANASSAS, VA — This weekend marks the 164th anniversary of the First Battle of Manassas, and the National Park Service has a weekend of events planned to commemorate the first major land battle of the ...
The Battle of Gettysburg, fought on the first three days of July in 1863, resulted in more than 51,000 total casualties (dead, wounded, missing, captured), including more than 7,000 dead, yet it began ...
Ken Burns calls the American Revolution our first Civil War. Was it hyperbole or history? Explore the divisions that shaped ...
Editor’s note: Another in a series of occasional stories about York County in the American Revolution, part of the buildup in research and storytelling to the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of ...
Today marks 250 years since the first battles of the American Revolution. And to commemorate that day, let's revisit a story we originally aired back in 2019. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED NPR BROADCAST) ...