Revolutionary War

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Ahead of the semiquincentennial, here's a look back on life in Philly in 1776

Weitzman Museum shines a light on tiny Caribbean island that helped fuel the American Revolution

Weitzman Museum 250 exhibit

USS Philadelphia, the oldest surviving warship in U.S., wasn't built in the city. So how did it get its name?

Gunboat Philadelphia

Ken Burns aims to challenge 'superficial version' of the Revolutionary War with six-part PBS docuseries

Ken Burns Revolutionary War

Early Declaration of Independence copy to be displayed at Museum of American Revolution

Declaration of Independence copy

Chester County's Crebilly Farm, site of a Revolutionary War skirmish, to be preserved as public park

Crebilly Farm Preservation

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Costumed colonists will re-create the British occupation of Philly next month

Revolutionary War reenactment

Rare sword from a Revolutionary War soldier to be displayed at Philly museum

Revolutionary War Soldier

The smallest NPS site is in Old City. It honors a Polish military expert who helped America win its independence

NPS site

New visitor center at Washington Crossing State Park in New Jersey will overlook Delaware River

Washington Crossing Park

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Museum of the American Revolution to recreate British-occupied Philadelphia with costumed soldiers, citizens

Occupied Philadelphia museum event

Philly abolitionist's descendants donate 184-year-old Bible to Museum of the American Revolution

Forten Family Bible

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Children can listen to Revolutionary War stories at Philly libraries this summer

AmRev Library Summer Program

Robert Morris statue vandalized at Independence National Historical Park

Robert Morris Statue

Here's your chance to run a restaurant in a building once frequented by George Washington, Thomas Jefferson

City Tavern Proposals NPS

Travel back in time to 1770s Philadelphia with a holiday walking tour of Old City

Museum of the American Revolution Winter Break

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Watch a patriotic Philly POPS performance for Veterans Day at the Museum of the American Revolution

Veterans Day Weekend AmRev

Remains of Revolutionary War soldiers found in mass grave at South Jersey battlefield

New Jersey Soldiers Remains

Museum of the American Revolution to celebrate Fourth of July weekend with naturalization ceremony

Independence Day MoAR

Museum of the American Revolution's winter break offerings include craft making, scavenger hunt

Museum of the American Revolution winter break

Nearly 250 years ago, a Philly nurse saved the Continental Army from a surprise British attack

Independence Hall Philadelphia

244-year-old Philadelphia newspaper discovered at New Jersey Goodwill store

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Museum of the American Revolution opens with a 'huzzah!'

Carroll - Museum of the American Revolution Opening

Museum of the American Revolution

PHOTOS: Museum of the American Revolution officially opens

Carroll - Museum of the American Revolution Opening

UPDATE: NJDOT admits it failed to get required permit to raze historic home

Hugg-Harrison House

Re-enactors to row across Delaware River like George Washington did in 1776

Relics from the 'cauldron of the Revolution' return to Old City museum

Museum of American Revolution

New video from Museum of the American Revolution teases objects in wait

Museum of the American Revolution Artifacts

Colonials beaten - again - by the red coats in Haddonfield skirmish

Haddonfield skirmish

Watch a Christmas re-enactment of Washington's historic river crossing

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