IN the states of antiquity all citizens owed military service. During the Middle Ages this military relation assumed the form of a personal obligation, which bound the vassal to answer the call to ...

Editor’s Note: This article was originally published in 2023. It is a story so well known it has become a meme. “Americans: Willing to cross a frozen river to kill you in your sleep on Christmas.” ...

Researchers in New Jersey believe they have found the remains of 13 soldiers who fought in the Revolutionary War. They also discovered a "pristine" King George III gold guinea from 1766. Hessian ...

On a December day when 1776 was about to become 1777, the citizens of Northamptontowne (later Allentown), then a village of several hundred, were treated to an unusual sight. Up its main street came a ...

Phoebe Berner, left, and Dominique Van Gilst dressed in chicken costumes for Moorestown's first annual Hessian Fun Run. (Emily Neil/WHYY) From Camden and Cherry Hill to Trenton and the Jersey Shore, ...

ONE of the most interesting episodes in our Revolutionary War was Great Britain’s employment of German troops to aid in conquering her revolted provinces. There are several works by German authors ...