Son of a soldier
In 1842 Margaret Dickisson, widow of Revolutionary War veteran Isaac Dickisson, filed a pension application with the War Department. She received $96 a year based on...
The longest battle
John Hooglandt, a veteran of the longest battle of the American Revolution, the Battle of Monmouth, was a private in the 1st New Jersey Regiment. He served nine...
Thomas Burlew was there
This card contains information from a company muster roll (military personnel list) dated August 6, 1778. It documents Thomas Burlew's service with Captain Elias...
Two if by sea from Major Lee
In this letter dated 25 August 1779, General George Washington forwarded a letter from Major General Anthony Wayne to Samuel Huntington, President of Congress....
War of the Worlds
On October 30, 1938, the popular Mercury Theater broadcast a radio play directed by Orson Welles, entitled “Invasion from Mars." This adaptation of H.G.Wells'...