Top Articles of August 2017
byWe’re back! After celebrating our 1000th article and taking a summer break, we’re back in the saddle again with a healthy backlog of new…
August, 2017
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LaFayette, the American Experience
byI had the opportunity to visit the grave of the Revolutionary War hero the Marquis de LaFayette recently. As the American colonists were seeking…
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Did Benedict Arnold’s fleet plunder an American settlement?
byAs the sun set, Saturday, August 24, 1776, three American schooners, a sloop-of-war, and six gondolas sailed north from Crown Point toward the widest…
Casimir Pulaski’s Difficulties in Recruiting his Legion
byOn March 14, 1778, Gen. George Washington sent the following recommendation to Congress concerning Brig. Gen. Casimir Pulaski, who on February 28 had resigned…
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Revolution Against Empire: Taxes, Politics and the Origins of American Independence
byBook Review: Revolution Against Empire: Taxes, Politics and the Origins of American Independence by Justin du Rivage (Yale University Press, 2017) [BUY NOW ON AMAZON] The…
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Sergeant Simon Giffin and his journal of the Revolution
byIn the early morning of May 30, 1777, my distant grandfather Sgt. Simon Giffin of Wethersfield, Connecticut left his home and followed the dirt…
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Continental Army Major Generals: The Best Biographies
byGeorge Washington biographies abound and the number continues to grow with at least fifteen new memoirs published in 2017. In fact, historian and Washington…
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Evolution of a Duel
byOn September 25, 1777, the day before British Gen. William Howe’s army triumphantly marched into the newly designated American capital of Philadelphia,[1] two of…
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The Tireless Pension Pursuit of Bristol Budd Sampson
byOn an October day in 1820, a fourteen-year-old African American boy trudged along a rural lane near the town of Barkhamsted, Connecticut. Two hundred…