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“GR,” short for Georgius Rex or George the King, was often used on ceramics, including mugs, jugs, and chamber pots.

Prints and needlework pictures, like this one, commemorated George Washington's memory following his death on December 14, 1799.

This small portrait of Mary McIlvaine Bloomfield, who may have voted in New Jersey in 1803, was painted around 1778 by Philadelphia artist Charles Willson Peale.

British Army Lieutenant James Grant carried this basket-hilted backsword while serving as an officer in the 77th Regiment of Foot in America during the French and Indian War.

Revolutionary War soldier Joshua Warren, who was born in Biddeford, present-day Maine, in 1758, owned this redware mug.

Colonel John Bull of Pennsylvania wrote to General Thomas Wharton about preparations for a council with the Mohawk, the Cayuga, the Seneca, and the Muncie, Quinault, and Nanticoke people.

This 75-piece Revolutionary War toy set, made by Louis Marx and Company in 1957, allowed children to recreate momentous battles and pivotal moments that shaped the founding of America.

Two years into the Civil War, author and publisher Henry Carey Baird released this pamphlet to highlight the distinguished service of soldiers of African descent who fought under General Washington.

This issue of The Pennsylvania Journal from January 1775 bears the image of a rattlesnake cut into pieces, each representing an American colony or colonies, with the words "Unite or Die."

This musket was the standard issue longarm for Spanish forces fighting for King Carlos III alongside their new American allies.