Retired Army Col. Kevin Weddle, a historian and author, received the Friends of the New York State Military Museum’s inaugural Preserving Our Military Heritage Award during a ceremony at the museum at ...

For years the colonies had flourished in a state of “salutary neglect.” Britain had been content to leave the day-to-day ...

Soldiers in the regular Continental Army served long-term enlistments. Many signed on for the duration of the war or ...