Top 10 Most Popular Articles of February 2016
byFebruary felt like National New JAR Contributor Month with four new writers: Ennis Duling, Anthony J. Minna, Thomas Thorleifur Sobol and Tyler Rudd Putman. Welcome aboard! That makes seven…
February, 2016
Journal of the American Revolution Annual Volume 2016 Now Available for Pre-Order
byWe are pleased to introduce our newest collectible hardback, which is now available for pre-order via Amazon and will deliver in April. The Journal of…
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George Washington’s Journey: The President Forges a New Nation
byBook review: George Washington’s Journey: The President Forges a New Nation by T. H. Breen (Simon & Schuster, 2016). [BUY NOW ON AMAZON] George Washington’s…
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Arnold, Hazen and the Mysterious Major Scott
byIn July 1776, Brig. Gen. Benedict Arnold brought charges against Col. Moses Hazen for disobeying orders and neglecting merchandise seized in Montréal. Hazen was…
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Why God is in the Declaration but not the Constitution
byNo country venerates its “Founding Fathers” like the United States. Academics, legislators, judges, and ordinary citizens all frequently seek to validate their opinions and…
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Conrad Heyer Did Not Cross the Delaware
byAn internet search for Conrad Heyer will reveal that he was a Revolutionary War soldier who crossed the Delaware with George Washington. In fact,…
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Virginia Looking Westward: From Lord Dunmore’s War through the Revolution
byTaxation without representation has been the traditionally accepted cause of the American Revolution. Such an understanding of the Revolution, while valid, does not give…
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Washington’s Immortals: The Untold Story of an Elite Regiment Who Changed the Course of the Revolution
byBook review: Washington’s Immortals: The Untold Story of an Elite Regiment Who Changed the Course of the Revolution by Patrick K. O’Donnell (Atlantic Monthly…
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The Carefree and Kindhearted General George Washington
by“The most unhappy man in the world,” wrote the Commissary General of Purchases at Valley Forge about Gen. George Washington.[1] On every portrait we…
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The Battle of Vigie Peninsula
byWhen Gen. Henry Clinton was preparing the British army to leave Philadelphia, he received instructions from Lord George Germain, the British Secretary at War,…
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First Entrepreneur: How George Washington Built His — and the Nation’s — Prosperity
byBook Review: First Entrepreneur: How George Washington Built His — and the Nation’s — Prosperity by Edward G. Lengel (Da Capo Press, 2016). [BUY NOW ON…
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George Washington Convenes a Firing Squad
byIn an army where men died as a matter of course, there was nonetheless something peculiarly unsettling about the business scheduled for the morning…
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Two Years Aboard the Welcome: The American Revolution on Lake Huron
byIn the spring of 1775, the fur trading post at the junction of Lakes Michigan and Huron looked much as it had for years….
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The Stockbridge-Mohican Community, 1775-1783
byOn July 4, 1776, the authors of American independence declared to the world “that all men are created equal, [and] that they are endowed…
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Traveling to the Second Continental Congress
byOn April 24, 1775, Samuel Adams and John Hancock arrived in Worcester, Massachusetts, forty miles west of Boston. They hoped to find three more…
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The Touro Synagogue: Peter Harrison, George Washington, and Religious Freedom in America
byThe Touro Synagogue in Newport, Rhode Island is the only Jewish house of worship that survives from the American colonial period. Built at the…