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Virginia statesman George Mason, who acquired this volume of ancient Roman history, was among the members of America's founding generation that looked to ancient Rome for guidance on republican government.

This badge represents the Loyal and Friendly Society of the Blew and Orange founded between 1733 and 1736.

This detailed battle plan shows British, Hessian, and American troop positions and movements during the Battle of Brandywine, September 11, 1777.

This musket is a typical composite piece of wartime production, incorporating British and American components, and boldly marked “U.STATES” to designate public ownership.

General George Washington's original sleeping and office tent from the Revolutionary War.

American sailors aboard Continental Navy vessels and privateer ships often used French weapons, like this cutlass.

View two intricately decorated small swords, one of which was made in France and other in England.

This powder horn was carried by Virginia rifleman William Waller and is etched with the slogan "LIBERTY or DEATH."

This British musket was made following a pattern developed in 1756 and is marked to the 4th Regiment of Foot.

London publisher John Almon bundled Thomas Paine's Common Sense and James Chalmers' rebuke, Plain Truth, in this June 1776 edition for British readers.