A Want of Arms in Pennsylvania
Remember when I wrote that nobody ever said life on the Pennsylvania frontier was easy?[1] Well, as it turns out, it was a lot…
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A Want of Arms in Pennsylvania
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Washington’s Belated Admission
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You Say Huzzah!
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Paul Revere’s Other Rides
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How Lund Washington Saved Mount Vernon
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A Patriot-Loyalist: Playing Both Sides
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Dr. Joseph Warren’s Informant
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8 Fast Facts About Camp Followers
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AMC’s “Turn”: Everything Historians Need To Know
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Most underrated battle?
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From Journal of the American Revolution
Washington’s Belated Admission
“This is a most unfortunate affair and has given me great Mortification as we have lost not only two thousand Men that were there,…
You Say Huzzah!
They Said Huzzay!
Go to any Revolutionary War period living history program or reenactment and you hear it again and again. “Huzzah for Great Washington and the…
Did Paul Revere’s Ride Really Matter?
The biggest myth of Paul Revere’s ride may not be that Revere watched for the lantern signal from the North Church spire, as Henry…
Paul Revere’s Other Rides
Myth: “The fate of a nation was riding that night,” Longfellow wrote. Fortunately, a heroic rider from Boston woke up the sleepy-eyed farmers just…
Valcour Island Redux
Lying between Vermont and New York, astride the border between the United States and Canada, accessible via canals from the St. Lawrence and Hudson…
Who Shot First? The Americans!
At dawn on April 19, 1775, the British detachment of light infantry under Maj. Pitcairn reached Lexington, about two-thirds the way to Concord. There…
“Cursedly Thrashed”: The Battle of Harlem Heights
It was an unfortunate expedient, but one that had grown unavoidable. On September 8, 1776, George Washington penned a lengthy report to Congress in…
How Lund Washington Saved Mount Vernon
The inhabitants of Alexandria, Virginia, awoke on April 11, 1781 to a disturbing sight. A flotilla of enemy ships that had spent the last…
The Men Who Lost America
Book Review: The Men Who Lost America, British Leadership, the American Revolution, and the Fate of the Empire By Andrew Jackson O’Shaughnessy Yale University…
