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In 2026, Tennessee planned a power-line corridor across a 239-year-old family farm but nine generations refused, and TVA chose another route

In Tennessee, a family has successfully thwarted the Tennessee Valley Authority's plans for a power line to cut through their historic farm, established since 1787. Thanks to strong public advocacy, the TVA has retracted its initial routing proposal and will seek alternative options while also forming a landowner task force.…

The Times of India

Trump’s latest fictional post puts him next to Washington and Lincoln

The image was seized upon by MAGA faithful, who celebrated ‘three American legends’

The Independent UK

Trump makes yet another addition to the White House with bronze statue in the Rose Garden

The bronze artwork was created by the same sculptor who created a towering gold statue of the president

The Independent UK

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‘America’s oldest John Doe’ is finally identified via DNA from bones on a Revolutionary War battlefield

Archaeologists surveying the area in 2020 came across human bones protruding from the ground

The Independent UK

After 1776, the founders designed a government that accounts for ‘a degree of depravity in mankind’

The parades, reenactments and fireworks are over. And in the aftermath of Americans’ celebration of the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, it is important to recognize that the declaration was only the first step in making a unified country.

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‘True Patriots’: a traveling play honors enslaved Africans’ role in the American revolution

Da’ Gullah American Revolutionary Experience retells the revolutionary war from the perspective of the formerly enslaved

The Guardian - US

U.S. debt is a looming crisis today but was once its own revolutionary masterstroke that helped launch a global financial superpower

Hamilton recognized how debt can unlock resources that could transform the young republic. But first he had to untangle the mess created by the Revolutionary War.

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250 years of US independence: How France helped turn the tide of the Revolutionary War

After months of discreet support, France officially allied itself with the American revolutionaries in their war against the British Empire, a decision that would permanently alter the fate of both nations.

France 24

Freedom Round the Globe review: Did a planet in revolt create modern America?

If you’re interested in the Revolutionary War that culminated in the creation of the independent United States of America, then this book is a cracking read, writes Dylan Jones

Evening Standard

The forgotten Founding Father who said no to the Declaration of Independence

‘He wasn’t opposed to independence per se, but he thought it should happen gradually and without bloodshed,’ a historian said

The Independent UK

This 250-year-old "John Doe" was just identified using DNA, naming a Revolutionary War soldier after 250 years

A teenage Revolutionary War soldier, lost for over two centuries, has been identified thanks to a remarkable fusion of forensic science and genealogical research. Private John Pumphrey, who fell at the Battle of Camden in 1780, was identified through DNA technology and tracing his family tree, connecting him with living…

The Times of India

How US independence is being celebrated across the pond

The United States is celebrating 250 years of independence this July and many events are taking place to commemorate the occasion, both in the US and across the Atlantic. France provided crucial supplies, arms and troops during the Revolutionary War effort, tipping the balance in favour of American independence. Francisco…

France 24

Buried since 1776: Archaeologists uncover 500 hidden Revolutionary War artefacts at New York's Fort Ticonderoga

Nearly two and a half centuries have passed since soldiers gathered on a grassy rise overlooking Fort Ticonderoga and listened as a newly declared nation introduced itself to the world. The hill remains quiet today, bordered by trees and shaped by layers of military history, yet the ground beneath it…

The Times of India

Turns out America’s favorite villain may have been framed as historian gives King George III a makeover

King George inherited the throne in 1760 at age 22, overseeing an empire stretching across continents

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How out-of-work fishermen saved the American Revolution

George Washington knew his forces could not win the American Revolutionary War without some measure of sea power. “It follows then as certain as that night succeeds the day,” he later wrote in a letter, “that without a decisive naval force we can do nothing definitive, and with it everything…

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'We’re not selling and we’re not giving way': Lone farmer defeats Tennessee's TVA as US electricity giant grapples with exploding demand from AI-fuelled data centers from Google and Elon Musk's xAI, encouraged by slow legislature

A Revolutionary War era farm in Tennessee blocked TVA's power line using social media, petitions, and help from country star John Rich.

The Times of India

Lost for 200 years: Virginia dig uncovers hidden barracks of America’s first soldiers

The long-lost Revolutionary War Barracks have finally been uncovered by archaeologists in Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia, giving a close-up, personal view of day-to-day life for Continental Army soldiers in that time period. The barracks were constructed in August 1776 at the order of the Commonwealth of Virginia to accommodate up to…

The Independent UK

Steve Bannon is already losing his mind over the midterms: ‘We ain’t gonna be in power!’

MAGA designer says Americans who fought in the Revolutionary War would be ‘disgusted and revolted by the scum of this consulting class’ guiding Republican strategy in anxious warning ahead of midterms

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Patriots and loyalists both rallied around St. Patrick’s Day during the Revolutionary War

The Continental Army’s winter encampment at Valley Forge, between December 1777 and June 1778, is the stuff of legend. Chased out of Philadelphia by the British Army, George Washington and over 12,000 American troops retreated to Valley Forge, where they spent six long months harried by hunger, disease and the…

The Guardian - US

Requiem for a film-maker: Darren Aronofsky’s AI revolutionary war series is a horror

The once-lauded director of Black Swan and The Wrestler has drowned himself in AI slop with an embarrassing new online series

The Independent UK

Polly Cooper, an Oneida woman who helped save Washington's army, is honored on $1 coin

A newly minted $1 coin will feature a woman from the Oneida tribe, Polly Cooper, known for aiding George Washington's army during the Revolutionary War

TechRadar

'This project is a glimpse at what thoughtful, creative, artist-led use of AI can look like' — George Washington meets Google DeepMind, as Darren Aronofsky’s AI history series hits YouTube

Time is releasing Darren Aronofsky's On This Day… 1776, a YouTube series that dramatizes key Revolutionary War moments using AI-generated visuals

The Independent UK

Rick Atkinson's Revolutionary War trilogy to be adapted into graphic editions

Military historian Rick Atkinson, known for his Revolutionary War trilogy, is venturing into graphic books

The Independent UK

Workers digging at the World Trade Center site found a mystery boat. Now they’re rebuilding it

After years submerged and centuries underground, the boat is now being transformed into a museum exhibit

Reason

Washington's Neutrality Proclamation And Trump's Ukrainian Proclamation

During the American Revolutionary War, France made the strategic decision to assist the fledgling United States. A primary, if not… The post Washington's Neutrality Proclamation And Trump's Ukrainian Proclamation appeared first on Reason.com.

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