John Pumphrey was still a boy when he enlisted in the Continental Army in 1777. After archaeologists discovered his remains, ...

What you should knowPhiladelphia on Thursday is celebrating the 250th anniversary of the day the Second Continental Congress ...

After a salute to the American flag and a prayer at the June 23 Republican Women’s meeting, Sandy Schultz came to the microphone and described an ongoing project of the ...

Local reenactors reveal the messy loyalties and overlooked role of women during the American Revolutionary War.

After enlisting as a teenager in the 7th Maryland regiment of the Continental Army in January 1777, Pvt. John Pumphrey marched hundreds of miles through early American history. Records show he took ...

A little more than a week before the nation celebrates its 250th birthday, one of the soldiers who made American independence possible is finally getting recognized, some 245 years after his death.

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. John Pumphrey's descendants take a group photo outside the Benson-Hammond House in Anne Arundel County. Researchers unveiled ...

A Texas-based forensics company has solved a vexing mystery, identifying the long-buried remains of a Revolutionary War soldier — who turned out to be a teenager from Anne Arundel County. And in his ...

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