On this day in 1775, the Second Continental Congress ... In 1768, a British customs raid on one of Hancock’s ships, the sloop Liberty, incited a riot, causing the British army to flee the ...

In November 1775, Trevett sailed from Providence to Philadelphia aboard the sloop Katy, whose name was later changed to Providence, the same ship on which both Parker and Earl later served ...

On the 250th anniversary of a pivotal moment in the Revolutionary War, Fort Ticonderoga announces the reunion of two ...

Machias, Maine, points to the seizing of the Royal Navy schooner Margaretta by a small sloop armed with woodsmen on 12 June 1775. Providence, Rhode Island, asserts its title as the site of the ...