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  • Revolutionary War Musket Nomenclature

  • Blackbeard: The True Story

  • "Fox's Chicken Soup" - Revolutionary War recipe

  • Napoleon's First Victory: Siege of Toulon 1793

  • House of Thunder: The Forgotten Battle that Saved the West

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    Even if you live in St. Louis, you’ve probably never heard of the Battle of St. Louis. And yet, some historians believe it was a critical inflection point in the American Revolutionary War, and helped save the American West. In this new documentary from HEC Films, the battle is brought to life, a...

  • History of Jefferson Barracks

    Learn the history of Jefferson Barracks and its role training cavalry for America’s movement west in the 19th century and its importance as a National Cemetery for those who have served in the armed forces.

  • Lives Bound Together: Slavery at George Washington’s Mount Vernon

    Lives Bound Together: Slavery at George Washington’s Mount Vernon explores the personal stories of the people enslaved at Mount Vernon while providing insight into George Washington’s evolving opposition to slavery.

  • Guided Tour of George Washington's Distillery

    George Washington operated one of the largest whiskey distilleries in early America, producing 11,000 gallons in 1799. The current distillery was reconstructed in 2007 producing small batches of whiskey on-site using 18th century methods. Walk through George Washington's working distillery with S...

  • Washington's War

    Congress created the Continental Army on June 14, 1775, and John Adams nominated George Washington to serve as the army's Commander-in-Chief. While there were over 230 skirmishes and battles fought during the American Revolution, these are the battles where General Washington personally secured h...

  • How To Make 18th Century Ice Cream

    Join Historic Trades manager Samuel Murphy at Mount Vernon as he demonstrates how ice cream was made in the 18th century.

  • On the Way to Fort Welch

    Join the German language film to experience the struggles of Captain Badger and his crew as they navigate the rivers to Montreal in 1785. The story is told through the eyes of Ueli Manser, a rich businessman who accompanies the journey and keeps a careful journal.

    Filmed in Germany, enjoy this ...

  • We Fight to be Free

    This film features the story of George Washington's most important military achievements and special personal moments of his life. The film sheds new light on old hero by portraying him as kind and brave man who changed the history of the world.

  • Now or Never: Yorktown Campaign

    George Washington's Continental Army has fought for five long years to drive the British from American soil. Now, with the aid of French land and naval forces, that time may be near. Washington and his allies have surrounded the British at Yorktown, Virginia.

    The dream of American independence h...

  • The Great Wheel

    Wool yarn was a necessary textile in the Revolutionary War era - but where did it come from? Join us as we visit Colonial Pennsylvania Plantation and speak with Eva Mergen about how to turn wool into yarn. We will also learn a little about popular sheep breeds of the era. This overview will take...

  • Benedict Arnold - Talking About History

    Author H.W. Brands talks about the relationship between Benedict Arnold and George Washington

  • George Washington: A Novice General

    At the start of the Revolutionary War, it had been seventeen years since General George Washington last wore a military uniform and he was only a provincial officer with limited experience in frontier combat. But it quickly became clear, Washington was instinctively, brilliantly, a political gene...

  • Rick Atkinson on Writing the American Revolution

    The American Revolution is a creation story that accounts for who we are, where we came from, what we believe, and what our forebears were willing to die for. Rick Atkinson’s new trilogy show the war as soldiers and militiamen saw it—terrifying, bestial, and occasionally grand—and as generals fou...

  • Mount Vernon: Learn about the lives of the enslaved through Archeology

    Join Mount Vernon's Curator of Archeological Collections, Sean Devlin, for an in-depth look at a reconstructed slave cabin. What clues can we pull from looking at the structure, the soil, and the material culture around the cabin to help us understand more about the lives of the enslaved? What ac...

  • King George III and the American Revolution

    King George III was shrewder, more complex, and more intriguing than we often acknowledge. He was king for sixty years, from 1760 to 1820. He was frugal in an age of excess, pious at a time of impiety. He despised disorder and loathed disobedience.

  • Ona Judge: A Woman Who Escaped Slavery

    Ona Judge Staines was enslaved and forced to work as Martha Washington's personal servant until she escaped from the President's Mansion in Philadelphia. Much is known of Judge's life in comparison to other people enslaved by the Washingtons as a result of newspaper interviews she gave in 1845 an...

  • Nelly Custis' Original Handmade Music Books

    George Washington's step-granddaughter is described in letters and other primary sources as a highly-skilled musician. We have several volumes of Nelly's hand-copied musical exercises, popular songs, and technical notes in the Mount Vernon collection. Dr. Joyce Lindorff studied these documents as...

  • Talking With An Enslaved Housemaid At Mount Vernon

    Caroline Branham was one of George Washington's housemaids at Mount Vernon. Part of Branham's role on the estate was cleaning and maintaining the rooms in the Mansion. She was also the person who first discovered Washington was ill shortly before he passed. In this video, join one of our interpre...

  • George Washingtons Enslaved Housemaid Caroline Branham

  • The Siege of Fort William Henry

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    During the French and Indian War, Fort William Henry was under siege. The French assembled 8,000 men, including more than 1,800 Indians from more than 30 nations. The French artillery bombarded the fort, while their Indian allies ambushed men from the surrounding forests.
    The siege lasted six lon...