The Dave Nemo Show to Celebrate the Fourth of July with Three JAR Contributors
byThis July 4th, Sirius XM radio personality Dave Nemo has invited Don Hagist, Wayne Lynch, and James Kirby Martin to discuss aspects of the…
June, 2018
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Thomas Sumter’s Dog Days Expedition
byAs Nathanael Greene retreated from Ninety Six in late June 1781, following his unsuccessful siege there, Thomas Sumter was eager to campaign in lower…
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The 4th Annual American Revolution Mohawk Valley Conference, June 6–9, 2018
byThe bus tour was in its final hour. Over 100 men and women had climbed back up the steps of the two buses for…
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Richard Augustus Wyvill: A British Officer’s Journal as the War Winds Down
byThe 38th Regiment of Foot disembarked in Boston in the summer of 1774, and spent the next nine years in America involved in some…
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Hamilton: An American Biography
byBook Review: Hamilton: An American Biography by Tony Williams, (Rowman & Littlefield, 2018). BUY THIS BOOK FROM AMAZON Alexander Hamilton fever has certainly swept the…
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The Early Years: John Adams Lists Abigail’s Faults and Abigail Replies!
byAs a young country lawyer, John Adams thought he seemed to lack focus. “Ballast is what I want, I totter, with every Breeze. My…
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Unlikely General: Mad Anthony Wayne and the Battle for America
byBook Review: Unlikely General: Mad Anthony Wayne and the Battle for America by Mary Stockwell (New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2018). BUY THIS BOOK…
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Again the Hero: David Wooster’s Final Battle
byDavid Wooster’s part in the American Revolution began in a slightly embarrassing manner. Wooster commanded the militia at New Haven, Connecticut. On April 22,…
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Peter Salem? Salem Poor? Who Killed Major John Pitcairn?
byMaj. John Pitcairn of the British marines became notorious among New Englanders after the Battle of Lexington and Concord on April 19, 1775. The…
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One Soldier’s Story: Isaac Lewis of the Flying Camp, 1776
byIn a quiet Baptist cemetery in Hilltown Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, repose the remains of Isaac Lewis. Lewis served under Gen. George Washington during…
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Pell’s Point: John Glover Saves Washington’s Army
byGeorge Washington understood the importance of naval power. He recognized the futility of trying to defend New York City, surrounded as it was by…
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Crossroads of the Revolution: Trenton, 1774–1783
byBook Review: Crossroads of the Revolution: Trenton, 1774 – 1783 by Larry L. Kidder. (Lawrenceville, NJ: Knox Press, 2017) BUY THIS BOOK FROM AMAZON Gene Procknow…
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John Adams: A Liberal Congregationalist and the American Revolution
byThere was a slight chill in the Massachusetts air on the evening of February 13, 1818, which caused frost to gather around the windows…
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Journal of the American Revolution Author Interview: Roxane Orgill
byAuthor Roxane Orgill’s new book is Siege: How General Washington Kicked the British Out of Boston and Launched a Revolution (Candlewick Press, 2018), which takes the…
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A Curious “Trial” on the Frontier: Zeisberger, Heckewelder, et. al. vs. Great Britain
byFor most of the American Revolution, a community of Lenape/Delaware, Munsey, Mahican, and Mingo Indians who had adopted the Christian faith lived along the…
Mary Robie and the Didactic Qualities of Reading Fiction
byMary Robie, a Massachusetts refugee living in revolutionary Nova Scotia, did not mince words when she criticized her friends for simply “passing thro life”…