First martyrs of the American Revolution: 250th anniversary of The Boston Massacre On March 5, 1770, hundreds of angry colonists faced off against less than a dozen British soldiers in a city ...

How America got its first martyr and commander in chief Abigail Adams wrote to John Adams in Philadelphia as the Battle of Bunker Hill continued.

While their images might not be immortalized on dollar bills or their stories ingrained into every high school syllabus, these lesser-known figures nonetheless played critical roles in the shaping of ...

Joseph Warren was a key leader of the American Revolution, mobilizing troops and managing a circle of spies. But he's mainly ...

The NPS is considering the feasibility of designating the Prison Ship Martyrs Monument a unit of the national park system. The designation would be a first for Brooklyn.

Some historians name Attucks as the first martyr for the cause of American independence. . John Pufford’s 1856 lithograph depicts the Boston Massacre, where Attucks was killed March 5, 1770.

They died singing hymns and refusing to renounce Christ. The Blessed Martyrs of Orange gave their lives on an 1,800-year-old ...

Massachusetts doctor Joseph Warren was a prominent patriot during the American Revolution, a stirring orator who managed a busy medical practice as well as a spy network. Warren dispatched Paul ...

Pope Francis Opens Special Process to Canonize 16 Carmelite Martyrs of the French Revolution The long-revered martyrs include 11 nuns, three lay sisters and two externs.

The romance and myths of the American Revolution have long obscured the disproportionate contributions of the Irish, who numbered as high as one-half million of America’s two million population ...