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Journal of the American Revolution (allthingsliberty.com) is the leading online source for original research on the Revolutionary and Founding Eras.

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Remembering the Revolution: Little Compton, Rhode Island

BOOK REVIEW: Remembering the Revolution: Little Compton, Rhode Island by Steven Lubar. (Little Compton, RI: Little Compton Historical Society, 2026). $25.00 hardcover. Marjory O’Toole, the Executive Director of the Little Compton Historical Society, explains the value of the Society’s recent publication Remembering the Revolution: Little Compton, Rhode Island in the book’s Foreword: Imagine the thrill […]

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This Week on Dispatches: Davis Richardson on Lafayette, Jefferson, and Revolutionary Ideas

On this week’s Dispatches, host Brady Crytzer interviews JAR contributor and historian Davis Richardson about the correspondence between the Marquis de Lafayette and Thomas Jefferson in the wake of the American Revolution and the coming French Revolution. New episodes of Dispatches are available for free every Sunday evening(Eastern United States Time), first on iTunes, Stitcher, […]

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This Week on Dispatches: Robert Swanson on Canadian Whigs and the American Revolution

On this week’s Dispatches, host Brady Crytzer interviews JAR contributor Robert Swanson on Canadians who wanted to join the other colonies in their break from English rule. New episodes of Dispatches are available for free every Sunday evening(Eastern United States Time), first on iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play, Amazon Music, and the JAR Dispatches web site. Each episode […]

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This Week on Dispatches: Jesse Wegman on James Wilson, the “Lost Founder”

On this week’s Dispatches, host Brady Crytzer interviews author Jesse Wegman about his new book, The Lost Founder: James Wilson and the Forgotten Fight for a People’s Constitution. New episodes of Dispatches are available for free every Sunday evening(Eastern United States Time), first on iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play, Amazon Music, and the JAR Dispatches web site. Each […]

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This Week on Dispatches: Ray Raphael on the First Declarations of Independence

On this week’s Dispatches, host Brady Crytzer interviews historian, author, and JAR Editorial Board member Ray Raphael on statements of independence from Great Britain before the Declaration of Independence was announced in Philadelphia, July 4, 1776. New episodes of Dispatches are available for free every Sunday evening(Eastern United States Time), first on iTunes, Stitcher, Google […]

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This Week on Dispatches: Brooke Barbier on Drinking and the American Revolution

On this week’s Dispatches, host Brady Crytzer interviews JAR contributor and author Brooke Barbier on her new book about the role of social drinking and toasts during the American Revolution. New episodes of Dispatches are available for free every Sunday evening(Eastern United States Time), first on iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play, Amazon Music, and the JAR Dispatches web […]

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This Week on Dispatches: Gary Ecelbarger on Nathaniel Ramsay at the Battle of Monmouth

On this week’s Dispatches, host Brady Crytzer interviews JAR contributor and historian Gary Ecelbarger on Maryland Continental officer Nathaniel Ramsay and his experience at “Point of Woods,” a turning point in the Battle of Monmouth. New episodes of Dispatches are available for free every Sunday evening(Eastern United States Time), first on iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play, […]

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This Week on Dispatches: Gene Procknow on Apollos Morris and His Attempt at Diplomacy

On this week’s Dispatches, host Brady Crytzer interviews JAR contributor Gene Procknow on wealthy Irish landowner Apollos Morris’s little-known attempt to broker peace between the American colonies and England before hostilities escalated. New episodes of Dispatches are available for free every Sunday evening(Eastern United States Time), first on iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play, Amazon Music, and […]

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A Dispatches Special: Andrew Scott Wills on Music of the Revolutionary Frontier

On this week’s Dispatches, host Brady Crytzer interviews musician Andrew Scott Wills of the band Hawken Horse. Through his love of history and music, Nashville’s Wills has brought the Revolutionary frontier back to the 21st century. New episodes of Dispatches are available for free every Sunday evening(Eastern United States Time), first on iTunes, Stitcher, Google […]

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This Week on Dispatches: Drew Palmer on Francis Marion’s Ambush at the Great Savannah

On this week’s Dispatches, host Brady Crytzer interviews JAR contributor Drew Palmer on how Francis Marion’s daring raid on the Great Savannah in 1780, began the legend of the “Swamp Fox.” New episodes of Dispatches are available for free every Sunday evening(Eastern United States Time), first on iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play, Amazon Music, and the […]

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This Week on Dispatches: Michael Adelberg on the Monmouth County Jail Break in 1781

On this week’s Dispatches, host Brady Crytzer interviews JAR contributor Michael Adelberg on the attempt to jail Loyalists in Monmouth County, New Jersey, and the eventual jail break by prisoners in 1781. New episodes of Dispatches are available for free every Sunday evening(Eastern United States Time), first on iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play, Amazon Music, and […]

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This Week on Dispatches: Brady J. Crytzer on Pope Pius VI and the American Revolution

On this week’s Dispatches, host Brady Crytzer discusses his recent article on how Pope Pius VI viewed republicanism and the American Revolution and the ultimate acceptance of the new United States of America. New episodes of Dispatches are available for free every Sunday evening(Eastern United States Time), first on iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play, Amazon Music, […]

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This Week on Dispatches: Geoffrey Hoerauf on American Spies around Fort Detroit

On this week’s Dispatches, host Brady Crytzer interviews Geoffrey Hoerauf, JAR contributor and reenactor, on the role of American spies and sympathizers around British Fort Detroit and how they informed the American efforts along the frontier. New episodes of Dispatches are available for free every Sunday evening(Eastern United States Time), first on iTunes, Stitcher, Google […]

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This Week on Dispatches: Stuart Lillie on Henry Knox’s Artillery Train

On this week’s Dispatches, host Brady Crytzer interviews Stuart Lillie, vice president of Public History at Fort Ticonderoga, on their new exhibit on Henry Knox’s Artillery Train. New episodes of Dispatches are available for free every Sunday evening(Eastern United States Time), first on iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play, Amazon Music, and the JAR Dispatches web site. Each episode […]

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This Week on Dispatches: Brett Bannor on Gulliver’s Travels and the Founding Generation

On this week’s Dispatches, host Brady Crytzer interviews JAR Contributor Brett Bannor on the surprising influence of Jonathan Swift’s “Gulliver’s Travels” on members of the Founding Generation. How often did they refer back to this classic political satire? New episodes of Dispatches are available for free every Sunday evening(Eastern United States Time), first on iTunes, […]

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An interview with Sarah Botstein and David Schmidt, producers of Ken Burns’ The American Revolution

The PBS documentary The American Revolution, produced by Ken Burns, Sarah Botstein and David Schmidt, premiers on November 16, 2025. Producers Sarah Botstein and David Schmidt took time out of their busy schedules to talk to JAR about their experiences working on this landmark film, and some of the things they learned about the people […]

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A Dispatches Special: Prof. Alexander S. Burns discusses his new book, Infantry in Battle, 1733–1783

This week Brady Crytzer’s guest is Alexander S. Burns, assistant professor of History at Franciscan University of Steubenville. Prof. Burns discussed his new book Infantry In Battle: 1733-1783, at the 2025 Braddock’s Road Preservation Association Seminar at Fort Ligonier in Ligonier, Pennsylvania. New episodes of Dispatches are available for free every Sunday evening(Eastern United States […]

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This Week on Dispatches: G. Patrick O’Brien on the Cessation of Hostilities on the New York Frontier in 1783

On this week’s Dispatches, host Brady Crytzer interviews historian and JAR Contributor G. Patrick O’Brien on how the news of the end of the American Revolution was conveyed along the New York frontier in 1783. New episodes of Dispatches are available for free every Sunday evening(Eastern United States Time), first on iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play, […]

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This Week on Dispatches: Patrick H. Hannum on Col. William Woodford’s James River Crossing in 1775

On this week’s Dispatches, host Brady Crytzer interviews JAR Contributor Patrick H. Hannum about a little known, but important river crossing during the 1775 campaign in Virginia that eventually led to Royal Governor Lord Dunmore’s departure from the state. New episodes of Dispatches are available for free every Sunday evening(Eastern United States Time), first on […]

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This Week on Dispatches: Richard Gardiner on George Washington’s First Teacher

On this week’s Dispatches, host Brady Crytzer interviews JAR Contributor Richard Gardiner. For the last two centuries historians have speculated as to the identity of George Washington’s first teacher. Richard Gardiner provides compelling new evidence. New episodes of Dispatches are available for free every Sunday evening(Eastern United States Time), first on iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play, […]

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This Week on Dispatches: Josh Wheeler on David Fanning’s Murderous Raid

On this week’s Dispatches, host Brady Crytzer interviews JAR Contributor Josh Wheeler on Loyalist David Fanning’s raid against Patriots in North Carolina after the British surrender at Yorktown. New episodes of Dispatches are available for free every Sunday evening(Eastern United States Time), first on iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play, Amazon Music, and the JAR Dispatches web site. Each […]

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This Week on Dispatches: David Price on Abolitionist Lemuel Haynes

On this week’s Dispatches, host Brady Crytzer interviews author and JAR Contributor David Price on the life of Lemuel Haynes, clergyman and an abolitionist voice in the Revolutionary Era. New episodes of Dispatches are available for free every Sunday evening(Eastern United States Time), first on iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play, Amazon Music, and the JAR Dispatches web site. […]

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Revolution Road! JAR and Trucking Radio Legend Dave Nemo

This July Fourth, JAR contributors will once again provide more than two hours of Revolutionary talk on Radio Nemo, the station dedicated to the trucking industry, hosted by legendary host Dave Nemo. This year’s lineup features Shawn McGhee, Nancy Spannaus, Gary Ecelbarger, Jane Hampton Cook, with the interviews beginning at 9:30 a.m. eastern on July […]

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This Week on Dispatches: Eric Sterner on How the Story of Samuel Brady’s Rescue of Jane Stoops became a Frontier Legend

On this week’s Dispatches, host Brady Crytzer interviews author and JAR Contributor Eric Sterner about frontiersman Samuel Brady and his rescue of Jane Stoops from an Indigenous war party. While the event may be true, did it happen the way the later stories recalled? New episodes of Dispatches are available for free every Sunday evening(Eastern […]

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This Week on Dispatches: David P. Ervin on the Politics of the Continental Army in the West

On this week’s Dispatches, host Brady Crytzer interviews JAR Contributor David P. Ervin on the 13th Virginia Regiment’s controversial redeployment from the western frontier to the east to join the main Continental army. New episodes of Dispatches are available for free every Sunday evening(Eastern United States Time), first on iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play, Amazon Music, […]

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This Week on Dispatches: Elizabeth Reese on Eleanor Parke Custis

On this week’s Dispatches, host Brady Crytzer interviews historian JAR Contributor Elizabeth Reese about the life of George Washington’s granddaughter, Eleanor “Nelly” Parke Custis, whose life began to spiral after the President’s passing. New episodes of Dispatches are available for free every Sunday evening  (Eastern United States Time), first on iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play, Amazon […]

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On the Week’s Dispatches: Molly Fortune, CEO of SC250

On this week’s Dispatches, host Brady Crytzer interviews Molly Fortune, chief executive officer of South Carolina’s 250th anniversary initiatives, including the publication of the first volume of the Francis Marion Papers. New episodes of Dispatches are available for free every Sunday evening  (Eastern United States Time), first on iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play, Amazon Music, and […]

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On This Week’s Dispatches: Michael Cecere on Colonial Militia on the Eve of the American Revolution

On this week’s Dispatches, host Brady Crytzer interviews author and JAR contributor Michael Cecere about how each colony prepared its militia as war with Great Britain became more of a possibility in 1774 and 1775. New episodes of Dispatches are available for free every Sunday evening  (Eastern United States Time), first on iTunes, Stitcher, Google […]

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On This Week’s Dispatches: Andrew Lawler on Lord Dunmore’s Ethiopian Regiment

On this week’s Dispatches, host Brady Crytzer interviews author and JAR contributor Andrew Lawler about Virginia Royal Governor John Murray, Lord Dunmore’s decision to begin arming enslaved men in service to the Crown. Murray’s actions sent shockwaves across the colony. New episodes of Dispatches are available for free every Sunday evening  (Eastern United States Time), […]

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