For 11 months following the battles at Lexington and Concord on April 19, 1775, Boston became the center of a quickly developing war between rebelling colonists and the forces of the British government. Explore this map highlighting the sites of fortifications, confrontations, and conflicts during the Siege of Boston.

Archeology in the basement of Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters NHS in 2001 unearthed fragments of wine bottles. Could they have belonged to George Washington?

Harry Dana procured a unique assortment of letters from the American Revolution, largely related to George Washington’s time in his Cambridge headquarters. Now in the collections of Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site, these letters provide insight into what people chose to “intrust to a Letter."

Dr. Benjamin Church was one of the prominent leaders of the Sons of Liberty in Boston early in the Revolution. However, on October 3, 1775, General Washington and his leading advisors met at headquarters in Cambridge to discuss accusations of treason against him. Decode Dr. Church’s letter to find out what he wrote to the British army and decide for yourself if he was a traitor!

This article traces the lives of some of the enslaved people of Brattle Street through the Revolution and their new lives as free men and women. Their descendants continued to build free communities in Cambridge, Boston, and Liberia.