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Out of the Office: Returning January 12
byAfter two years of publishing at a vigorous pace, we are finally taking a short vacation. Although it won’t be much of a vacation…
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Year in Review: Top 30 Articles of 2014
byMilestones Westholme Publishing Partnership Announced (Volume 2015 publishing in May) Book of the Year Award Unveiled (winner being announced in January 2015) Volume 1…
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Strangest Founding Father?
byWho was the biggest oddball of the founders? Why? Every Founder had his “foibles,” as Washington acknowledged about himself, but Charles Lee was…
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Greatest Controversy?
byOf all the disputed topics, events, reputations or battles of the Revolution, which is the greatest? Explain. Militarily, Howe’s failure to pursue Washington’s…
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Most Mistaken Identity?
byRevolutionary person known for one thing who should be known for something else? And the winner is Benedict Arnold, almost universally known as…
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Most Misunderstood Event?
byWhich one event of the Revolution is incorrectly interpreted most often? Explain. The battle of Saratoga. There is a group who are determined…
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Most Referenced Book?
byWhich American Revolution book do you refer to most often (not to be confused with “favorite book”)? Why? The single volume that I…
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Disastrous Leadership: Lt. Colonel Joseph Harris at the Battle of New London
byIn early September 1781, General Sir Henry Clinton, the British Commander in Chief in America, found himself facing a combined Franco-American force poised to…
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The Culper Spy Ring Was not the First to Warn the French at Newport
byOn July 10, 1780, a French fleet of seven ships of the line and four frigates under Admiral Chevalier de Ternay, along with thirty-six…
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The Seed from which the Sons of Liberty Grew
byOn March 9, 1764, George Grenville proposed a stamp tax in a speech to Parliament; its purpose was to reduce the cost of maintaining…
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John McClure Rallies the South
byHad he made it through the war, John McClure’s name would likely draw equal fame and respect as the nation’s most celebrated southern patriots….
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For Fear of an Elective King: George Washington and the Presidential Title Controversy of 1789
byBook Review: For Fear of an Elective King: George Washington and the Presidential Title Controversy of 1789 by Kathleen Bartoloni-Tuazon (Cornell University Press, 2014)…
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Newton Prince and the Struggle for Liberty
byOn the 5th of March, 1770, Newton Prince heard Boston’s church bells start to ring. He ran to the door of his house and…
Ann Bates: British Spy Extraordinaire
byWith the recent popularity of spies in the Revolutionary War, led by AMC’s TURN cable television series and the bestselling book George Washington’s Secret…
Top 10 Articles of November 2014
byAs we begin to slow down for the holiday season, we wish all our writers and readers cheerful memories and happy celebrations. This November,…
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Guess what day it is?
byHow did you know today was Thanksgiving Day? Well, it is a national holiday and all, but besides that, how did you know? Odds…
The Must-attend American Revolution Conference of 2015
byThe must-attend American Revolution conference of 2015 is being hosted by America’s History, LLC, one of the nation’s leading history tour and conference companies….
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Peggy Left the Party, and You Won’t Believe What Happened Next
byIt probably started out as a good party, but as sometimes happens when merriment is mixed with a little too much alcohol, it ended…
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The Bermuda Powder Raids of 1775
byIn 1775, the tension between the American colonies and Great Britain escalated into armed conflict at then-little-known places such as Lexington, Concord and Bunker…
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Revolutionary War History Geek Gift Guide 2014
byIt’s that time of year again – time to find the perfect holiday gift for the history lover in your life, even if that…
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Reconciliation No Longer An Option
byOn June 23, 1775, the Continental Congress appointed a committee to write a declaration that would explain the military conflict with England to the…
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The Military Library
byAn essential part of a gentleman’s possessions was a good library, containing books on a variety of subjects to reinforce a well-rounded classical education….
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The Spartans of Long Island
byAccording to some local sources, “Long island was the Thermopylae of the Revolution and the Pennsylvania Germans were its Spartans.”[1] While laden with hyperbole…
The Twice Captured Lusanna
byWe often see books which boast of an “unknown story” or “secret history” of an era, and the American Revolution remains ripe fodder for…
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Propaganda Warfare: Benjamin Franklin Fakes a Newspaper
by“The Press, Watson, is a most valuable institution, if you only know how to use it,” said the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes.[1] Benjamin Franklin…
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Top 10 Printers
byFor Americans in the Revolutionary era, newspapers provided a major source of information about events related to the conflict with Great Britain. The people…
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Drilling Holes in George Washington’s Wooden Teeth Myth
byGeorge Washington did not chop down a cherry tree and carve wooden teeth from it. Maybe one of the most enduring myths in American…
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Top 5 Foreign Continental Army Officers (Other Than Lafayette)
byAt the war’s outset, there was a dearth of proven military leadership within the thirteen colonies severely limiting the Continental Army’s ability to engage…
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The First Fight of Ferguson’s Rifle
byIn the spring of 1777, Washington and the Continental Army were encamped in the Blue Hills, now known as the Watchung Mountains, above the…
Top 10 Articles of October 2014
byFirst and foremost, thank you for making October 2014 our best traffic month ever. More than 94,000 visits by 54,000 unique visitors! Another major…
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The Incredibly Convoluted History of Westmoreland County, Connecticut
byIn 1662, Charles II, the restored monarch of Great Britain, issued a charter for the founding of Connecticut. The colony’s borders were delineated as…
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Three Brave British Army Wives
bySome time ago we saw the story of Mrs. Middleton, the wife of a British soldier, who took several Americans prisoner at the battle…
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Richard Pearis and the Mobilization of South Carolina’s Backcountry Loyalists
byWhen British Lieutenant General Sir Henry Clinton began operations against Charleston in March 1780, he decided not to call upon the Loyalists in the…
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10 Remarkable Runaway Ads
byA frequent discovery when reading 18th Century newspapers is the runaway ads. In an era when people could be owned by or contractually bound…
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Why Did a Boston Mob Kill a French Officer?
bySome twelve years ago, as I was walking along Boston’s Freedom Trail with my family, I noticed an obelisk and monument in the front…
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The Battle of Millstone
byThe Battle of Millstone in central New Jersey on 20 January 1777,[1] is a “local interest” battle, the kind that is often known only…
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The Battle of Golden Hill – Six Weeks Before the Boston Massacre
byOn June 4, 1766, the New York Sons of Liberty gathered in a field, later known as the Commons, to celebrate the birthday of…
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The New Nation: The Creation of the United States in Paintings and Eyewitness Accounts
byBook Review: The New Nation: The Creation of the United States in Paintings and Eyewitness Accounts The art of Mort Künstler, text by Edward…
The Partisan and the Queen’s Ranger
byOn November 6, 1779, Virginia major Henry Lee, commander of the Continental Army’s 2nd Partisan Corps, addressed a letter to British lieutenant colonel John…