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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…
December, 2014
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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…