The founding generation of the United States, both its leaders and ordinary folks, drank far more alcohol than we do today, tippling diverse offerings...
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On this week’s Dispatches, host Brady Crytzer interviews JAR contributor and historian Gary Ecelbarger on Maryland Continental officer Nathaniel Ramsay and his experience at...
READ MOREAfter a British army surrendered at Yorktown in October 1781, it took weeks for news of the disaster to reach London, and several weeks...
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BOOK REVIEW: Cocked and Boozy: An Intoxicating History of the American Revolution by Brook Barbier (Chicago, IL: Chicago Review Press, 2026) “Muddled.” “Buzzey.” “Jolly.”...
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William Penn founded the Province of Pennsylvania to be a haven for the Religious Society of Friends, “The People Called Quakers” as they described...
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