During the American Revolution, an American inventor developed an underwater vessel that could destroy British ships by attaching a bomb to the hull of a ship. These are some of its unique features.

The Essex Land Trust maintains several preserves where visitors can experience Connecticut’s diverse ecosystems on ...

Essex Village, nestled against the Connecticut River, serves as the natural starting point for most visitors. Main Street presents itself like a masterfully composed painting, with Federal and ...

The first military submarine was designed to sabotage enemy shipping, and underwater designs for the next century.

The colonial victory against the British in the American Revolutionary War was far from a predetermined outcome. In addition ...

Next year, America will celebrate its semiquincentennial, or its 250th anniversary, but the 250th anniversary of the start of the American Revolution is this year. This makes it a big year for one ...

April 14, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- A two-acre portion of the Barrett Farm, the objective of the British Army on the first day of the American Revolution, has been saved to become part of Minute Man ...

Ken Burns’ massive, years-in-the-making PBS series “The American Revolution” won’t air until November. But to mark April 19, 1775, exactly 250 years after the start of the American ...

The famous ride and an ensuing battle at Lexington and Concord touched off the American Revolution. But there are other stories involving the role that enslaved Africans and Southern colonists ...