A free two-day event commemorating 250 years of American history will be held at Valley View Park this weekend, featuring ...

During the war, Continental Army soldiers were stationed at the fort to keep the British and their Hessian mercenary allies from resupplying troops in nearby Philadelphia.

Bin collections in Blackpool are set for a shake-up after councillors approved changes to recycling arrangements. The changes ...

An study of DNA in the Hessians' teeth confirmed the assumption that the Hessians were “fairly robust” Europeans, “all young to middle-aged adults,” according to a Rowan account.

History comes alive at the Battle of Bound Brook next Saturday and Sunday, April 9 and 10, when re-enactors will don the garb of British, Hessian and Continental-American soldiers.

Crossing the icy Delaware River on Christmas night, Washington’s army surprised and captured almost 1,000 brutal Hessian mercenaries, drunk from Christmas celebrations. These troops were fighting on ...

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 ...

The British military invaded Brooklyn with an awesome show of force, landing 15,000 men by noon, on August 22, 1776, marking one of the darkest days of the American Revolution.

When Thomas Jefferson and James Madison made an early-summer tour of the Northeast, they became closer friends while seeking ...

A free two-day event commemorating 250 years of American history will be held at Valley View Park this weekend, featuring special re-enactments, speakers and rare artifacts sponsored by a Hessian l… ...