General

Gen. George Washington, commander of the Continental Army, formally resigned his commission, Dec. 23, 1783, in Annapolis, Md., where he delivered his farewell address to the Continental Congress. 

A fleet of six mobile museums, known as “freedom trucks,” is traveling throughout 2026, bringing the story of American independence to students, families and citizens in every corner of the country. 

Army Col. Jack Howard Jacobs was just a first lieutenant when he saved more than a dozen lives during an intense firefight in the swamplands of Vietnam.

For the nation’s 250th birthday, this article looks back at the muskets, rifles and artillery that defined the Revolutionary War.