Road to Independence

  • Paul Revere's Ride

    A poem by American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow that commemorates the actions of American patriot Paul Revere on April 18, 1775
  • Battles of Lexington and Concord

    The first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War.
  • Battle of Bunker Hill

    The Battle of Bunker Hill was fought on June 17, 1775, during the Siege of Boston in the early stages of the American Revolutionary War.
  • The Declaration of Independence

    The pronouncement adopted by the Second Continental Congress meeting at the Pennsylvania State House in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on July 4, 1776.
  • Washington's Crossing

    The location of Washington's crossing of the Delaware River on the night of December 25–26, 1776 in the American Revolutionary War.
  • Battle of Saratoga

    It marked the climax of the Saratoga campaign, giving a decisive victory to the Americans over the British in the American Revolutionary War.
  • Valley Forge

    The site of the 1777-1778 winter encampment of the Continental Army.
  • Battle of Yorktown

    A decisive victory by a combined force of American Continental Army troops led by General George Washington and French Army troops.