American Revolution

This historic hotel was once home to Henry David Thoreau and rumored to be haunted by ghosts of fallen soldiers from the American Revolution.

Historic home of a Black veteran of the American Revolution and one of the earliest civil rights activists in the United States.

A stone marker dedicated to a Black veteran of the American Revolution who refused to leave his land near Walden Pond.

This man's death led (indirectly) to Vermont's independence in 1777.

George Washington, Alexander Hamilton, and Benjamin Franklin all slept at this humble inn.

New Hampshire's first neighborhood is now preserved as a historic village with live action role players.

During the American Revolutionary War, iron excavated from this mine was used to make swords, cannons, and more.

Mass grave of 50 unidentified French Soldiers who died at the Siege of Yorktown, 1781, that gave victory to the American Revolution.

A small burial ground honoring Native American veterans of the Revolutionary War.

This Annapolis home was built by one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence.

One of the oldest surviving bars in the United States, located at the site of the last skirmish of the American Revolution.

The location where the American Revolution ended.

Dedicated to a veritable Houdini among P.O.W.s who escaped imprisonment on five separate occasions.

The phrase "the shot heard around the world" was coined after a skirmish at this bridge.

This historic Massachusetts tavern played a critical role in the start of the American Revolution.

This stone in Lexington honors a formerly enslaved man who fought during the American Revolution.