This Week on Dispatches: Geoff Smock on the Teenage Thomas Jefferson
On this week’s Dispatches, host Brady Crytzer interviews educator and JAR contributor Geoff Smock on his research into the teenage years of Thomas Jefferson,…
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Contributor Close-Up: Robert Davis
What inspired you to start researching and writing about the Revolution? In 1974, Governor Jimmy Carter of Georgia began a state internship program. I…
This Week on Dispatches: Richard J. Werther on King Gustav III of Sweden Recognizing the United States
On this week’s Dispatches, host Brady Crytzer interviews researcher and JAR contributor Richard J. Werther on King Gustav III of Sweden’s recognition of an…
This Week on Dispatches: John Rees on Remembrances of Black Revolutionary War Veterans
On this week’s Dispatches, host Brady Crytzer interviews writer, researcher, historian, and JAR contributor John Rees on his series of articles about nineteenth-century remembrances…
This Week on Dispatches: Todd Braisted on Benjamin Thompson’s Black Dragoons
On this week’s Dispatches, host Brady Crytzer interviews researcher, writer, and JAR contributor Todd Braisted on loyalist Benjamin Thompson—later Count Mumford—and the provincial mounted regiment that…
This Week on Dispatches: Andrew Zellers-Frederick on the Impeachment of Senator William Blount, the First in American History
On this week’s Dispatches, host Brady Crytzer interviews historian and JAR contributor Andrew Zellers-Frederick on the impeachment of Senator William Blount of Tennessee, the…
This Week on Dispatches: Mark Sullivan on Francis and Gottlieb Otto, Loyalists or Rebels?
On this week’s Dispatches, host Brady Crytzer interviews writer, historian, and twenty-five year US Army veteran Mark Sullivan on his recent JAR article about…
This Week on Dispatches: Brooke Barbier on Paul Revere’s Boston
On this week’s Dispatches, host Brady Crytzer interviews writer and podcast host Brooke Barbier about historic sites in Boston that were familiar to Paul Revere….
This Week on Dispatches: William W. Reynolds on the British Naval Signals Missions of 1781
On this week’s Dispatches, host Brady Crytzer interviews retired engineer and JAR contributor William W. Reynolds on how the Americans were able to obtain…
This Week on Dispatches: Louis Arthur Norton on the Plight of the Seamen
On this week’s Dispatches, host Brady Crytzer interviews historian and JAR contributor Louis Arthur Norton on what happened to captured Continental Navy, states’ navies,…
This Week on Dispatches: Serena Zabin on The Boston Massacre: A Family History
On this week’s Dispatches, host Brady Crytzer interviews historian, author, and JAR Book-of-the-Year Award winner, Serena Zabin on her book, The Boston Massacre: A…
This Week on Dispatches: George Kotlik on Texas and the American Revolution
On this week’s Dispatches, host Brady Crytzer interviews historian and JAR contributor George Kotlik on Texas’s contributions to the Patriot cause. Throughout the latter…
The 2020 JAR Book-of-the-Year
The Journal of the American Revolution is pleased to announce The Boston Massacre: A Family History by Serena Zabin (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt) as winner of…
This Week on Dispatches: Brian Gerring on “La Petite Guerre” and Native American Irregular Warfare
On this week’s Dispatches, host Brady Crytzer interviews retired Special Forces soldier and educator Brian Gerring on his comparison of European La Petite Guerre, “small…
This Week on Dispatches: Greg Aaron on Lord Dartmouth’s War of Words
Dispatches returns for another season, and on this week’s episode host Brady Crytzer interviews cybersecurity expert and JAR contributor Greg Aaron on Lord Dartmouth, Secretary of…
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Contributor Question: My Favorite Year
With the start of a new year, this month we asked our contributors: Which year of the American Revolution and the founding era (circa…
Best of Dispatches: Colin G. Calloway and The Indian World of George Washington
In this week’s program from the Dispatches archives, recorded in February 2019, host Brady Crytzer interviews distinguished historian Colin G. Calloway about his book, The Indian…
Best of Dispatches: Michael W. Twitty on the Legacy of African American Cuisine
Over the next several weeks, we’ll be looking back in the Dispatches archives to replay a selection of notable interviews. In this episode, first…
This Week on Dispatches: Don N. Hagist on His Latest Book, Noble Volunteers
On this week’s Dispatches host Brady Crytzer interviews historian and Journal of the American Revolution editor-in-chief, Don N. Hagist on his latest book, Noble Volunteers:…
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Contributor Question: What is Your Favorite Beverage of the Revolutionary Era?
This month, we asked our contributors: With many different holidays and celebrations approaching, what is your favorite beverage known to have been consumed during…
This Week on Dispatches: Kevin A. Conn on the Remarkable Career of Loyalist Soldier and Spy James Moody
On this week’s Dispatches host Brady Crytzer interviews AP History teacher and JAR contributor Kevin A. Conn on the remarkable career of New Jersey Loyalist…
This Week on Dispatches: Ken Daigler on Nathanael Greene and His Spy Network
On this week’s Dispatches host Brady Crytzer interviews espionage expert, former CIA operations officer, and JAR contributor Ken Daigler on General Nathanael Greene and his…
This Week on Dispatches: Joseph E. Wroblewski on John Paul Jones and Thaddeus Kosciuszko in Warsaw, 1789
On this week’s Dispatches host Brady Crytzer interviews JAR contributor Joseph E. Wroblewski about the chance encounter of two legendary figures of American independence, John…
This Week on Dispatches: Eric Wiser on the Outlaw Cornelius Hatfield
On this week’s Dispatches host Brady Crytzer interviews JAR contributor Eric Wiser tells the fascinating story of notorious Loyalist partisan and British spy, Cornelius Hatfield,…
This Week on Dispatches: Thomas E. Ricks on First Principles
On this week’s Dispatches host Brady Crytzer interviews Pulitzer-prize winning historian Thomas E. Ricks on his new book, First Principles: What America’s Founders Learned from…
This Week on Dispatches: Mark R. Anderson on Ethan Allen’s Mysterious Defeat at Montreal
On this week’s Dispatches host Brady Crytzer interviews historian, retired Air Force officer, and JAR contributor Mark R. Anderson on his research into the causes…
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If George Washington had not Run for President . . . ?
This month we asked our contributors: If George Washington had not run for President in 1789, who would you like to have had as…
This Week on Dispatches: Travis Copeland on the Battle of Shallow Ford
On this week’s Dispatches host Brady Crytzer interviews postgraduate historian student and JAR contributor Travis Copeland on his recent article about the Battle of Shallow…
This Week on Dispatches: John E. Happ on the Role of Pierre-Augustin Beaumarchais in American Independence
On this week’s Dispatches host Brady Crytzer interviews JAR contributor John E. Happ on the enigmatic Pierre-Augustin Beaumarchais. Best known today for his plays, The…
The JAR Annual Volumes, Now All Back in Stock
We are pleased to announce that all six of the on-going series of uniform annual volumes, beginning with 2015, are now once again available….
This Week on Dispatches: Alex White on the Revolutionary Story of Thomas White
On this week’s Dispatches host Brady Crytzer interviews JAR contributor and University of Wisconsin-Madison employee Alex White on discovering his ancestor’s experience as an officer…
This Week on Dispatches: Robert Scott Davis on Margaret Eustace and the American Revolution
On this week’s Dispatches host Brady Crytzer interviews historian, author, and JAR contributor Robert Scott Davis on Georgian socialite and possible British spy, Margaret Eustace,…
This Week on Dispatches: Bridget Barbara on Retracing the Steps of Benedict Arnold and John André
On this week’s Dispatches host Brady Crytzer interviews video producer and JAR contributor Bridget Barbara on her recent video following footsteps of John André and…
This Week on Dispatches: Damien Cregeau on Ten Revolutionary War Patriot Graves
On this week’s Dispatches host Brady Crytzer interviews historian and JAR contributor Damien Cregeau about ten notable graves and memorials honoring Patriots, from George Washington…
This Week on Dispatches: Rand Mirante on Fort Mifflin on the Delaware
On this week’s Dispatches host Brady Crytzer interviews author and JAR contributor Rand Mirante on the history of Fort Mifflin, the Revolutionary War-era fort on…
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Contributor Close-Up: Timothy Symington
What inspired you to start researching and writing about the Revolution? I have always had a desire to learn about history. I was the…
This Week on Dispatches: Philip D. Weaver on the Jersey Greys of 1776
On this week’s Dispatches host Brady Crytzer interviews author and JAR contributor Philip D. Weaver on his research on the 3rd New Jersey Regiment, the…
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Contributor Question: A Favorite Witty Quote from the Revolutionary Era
This month we asked our contributors for their favorite witty quote from the era of the American Revolution. The responses are widely varied and…
This Week on Dispatches: Dayne Rugh on the Connecticut Sons of Liberty
On this week’s Dispatches host Brady Crytzer interviews Director of Education for Slater Memorial Museum and JAR contributor Dayne Rugh on his recent article about…