British troops hanged 21-year-old Nathan Hale on this day in 1776 during the Revolutionary War. The former schoolteacher and native of Connecticut served as a captain in the Continental Army.

Matthew Keagle, a historian, re-enactor and lead curator at Fort Ticonderoga, wears a Continental Army officer's uniform that he made himself. He has uncovered new clues about the Christmas Riot ...

Benjamin Franklin was named a leader of the American rebellion by the St. James Chronicle of London — a city in which he was a celebrated resident — on this day in history, Nov. 14, 1776.

On this day in 1776, British troops hanged Nathan Hale during the Revolutionary War. Hale, 21, a former schoolteacher and a Connecticut native, was a captain in the Continental Army. Gen. George ...