All 19 of the commemorative plaques stolen from a World War I memorial in Hobart have been recovered.Council workers last week noticed the bronze plaques commemorating soldiers who died during World ...

All 19 bronze memorial plaques stolen from Soldiers Memorial Avenue in Hobart have been recovered after a tip-off led police ...

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 ...

Military victories were essential in helping America win its independence from Britain. Early successes gave the Patriots ...

Documentarian Ken Burns and his team discuss their new series exploring the country’s founding and war for independence on this 250th anniversary.

The region of Hesse-Kassel is perhaps best known in the Western world as the home of the Hessian soldiers—those brutish mercenaries who were taken by surprise by George Washington and his army at the ...

Some 377 Hessians were killed or wounded in less than an hour of combat. The Americans lost just 14 soldiers, including two who were shot when they stood too soon to celebrate victory.

It’s an actual human being,” Janofsky said. Hessians were German soldiers who fought along side King George III’s British troops and had a key role in may Revolutionary War battles.

The event will shed light on the Hessians and how they prepared for war in 1774 at Fortress Ziegenhain in Hesse-Cassell. The troops would later come to America to fight in the Revolutionary War.