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Journal of the American Revolution (allthingsliberty.com) is a free online magazine with simple goals: Make serious history more palatable to a general audience and provide readers with fun, educational and interesting content. A business casual approach, if you will. Since our launch in January 2013, we have published hundreds of articles by dozen historians and experts.

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Features, Interviews, Law, Newspapers, Postwar Politics (>1783) September 26, 2021 September 26, 2021

This Week on Dispatches: Jonathan Curran on Public Opinion and the Whiskey Rebellion

On this week’s Dispatches, host Brady Crytzer interviews USMA instructor and JAR contributor Jonathan Curran on his research into how public opinion about those…

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Battles, Features, Interviews, The War Years (1775-1783) September 19, 2021 September 19, 2021

This Week on Dispatches: Dean Snow on Continental and Militia Cavalry at the Battle of Saratoga

On this week’s Dispatches, host Brady Crytzer interviews emeritus professor and JAR contributor Dean Snow on his research into the Continental and militia cavalry…

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Features, Interviews, People, Politics During the War (1775-1783) September 12, 2021 September 12, 2021

This Week on Dispatches: Chris Coelho on Timothy Matlack, Scribe of the Declaration of Independence

On this week’s Dispatches, host Brady Crytzer interviews author Chris Coelho on the life and influence of Timothy Matlack, famed for being the scribe…

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Features, Interviews, The War Years (1775-1783) September 4, 2021 September 3, 2021

This Week on Dispatches: John A. Ruddiman on James Monroe’s America Revolution

On this week’s Dispatches, host Brady Crytzer interviews John A. Ruddiman, Associate Professor of History at Wake Forest University, on his recent article about…

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Features, Frontier, Interviews, Native Americans, The War Years (1775-1783) August 29, 2021 August 29, 2021

This Week on Dispatches: Jordan Baker on the Cherokee-American War

On this week’s Dispatches, host Brady Crytzer interviews JAR contributor Jordan Baker on the Cherokee people’s response to encroaching settlers along the southern frontier…

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Constitutional Debate, Features, Interviews, Law, Political Philosophy, Prewar Politics (<1775) August 22, 2021 August 22, 2021

This Week on Dispatches: James D. R. Philips on the Influence of the English Revolution on the American Revolution

On this week’s Dispatches, host Brady Crytzer interviews author and historian James D. R. Philips on his research about the influence of the English…

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Arts & Literature, Features, Interviews, Slavery and Indentured Servitude August 14, 2021 August 14, 2021

This Week on Dispatches: Edna Gabler on the Silence of Slavery in Revolutionary War Art

On this week’s Dispatches, host Brady Crytzer interviews writer, editor, researcher, and JAR contributor Edna Gabler on her recent study of images of enslaved…

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Critical Thinking, Features, Historiography, Myths and Legends August 11, 2021 August 9, 2021

Contributor Question: Remembered for the Wrong Reason?

We asked our contributors: Which personality of the American Revolution or the founding era (other than Benedict Arnold) is remembered for the wrong reasons,…

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Features, Interviews, People, Strategy, The War Years (1775-1783) August 7, 2021 August 7, 2021

This Week on Dispatches: Jack Cambell on Lafayette’s Plan to Invade Ireland

On this week’s Dispatches, host Brady Crytzer interviews JAR contributor and historical interpreter Jack Campbell on the Marquis de Lafayette’s fascinating attempt to garner…

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Features, Interviews, Newspapers, The War Years (1775-1783) August 1, 2021 August 1, 2021

This Week on Dispatches: Norman Desmarais on the Gazette Françoise

On this week’s Dispatches, host Brady Crytzer interviews JAR contributor, writer, and historian Norman Desmarais on the Gazette Françoise, a French newspaper published for…

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Espionage and Cryptography, Features, Interviews, The War Years (1775-1783) July 24, 2021 March 1, 2023

This Week on Dispatches: Bill Bleyer on the Culper Spy Ring

On this week’s Dispatches, host Brady Crytzer interviews writer and historian Bill Bleyer on sifting fact from fiction about the legendary Culper Spy Ring….

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Constitutional Debate, Features, Interviews, Law July 21, 2021 July 21, 2021

This Week on Dispatches: Haimo Li on an Important Contribution of Maryland to the US Constitution

On this week’s Dispatches, host Brady Crytzer interviews political scientist and JAR contributor Haimo Li on how the Maryland declaration of rights outlawed ex…

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Features, Interviews, Native Americans, Postwar Politics (>1783) July 10, 2021 July 10, 2021

This Week on Dispatches: John DeLee on Policy Toward Native Americans During the Articles of Confederation Period

On this week’s Dispatches, host Brady Crytzer interviews USMA graduate and JAR contributor John DeLee on how the policy toward Indigenous Americans changed during…

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Espionage and Cryptography, Features, Interviews, Patriots, People, Science July 4, 2021 July 4, 2021

This Week on Dispatches: George Kotlik on Bartram’s Travels in Florida

On this week’s Dispatches, host Brady Crytzer interviews historian of colonial Florida and JAR contributor George Kotlik on botanist William Bartram’s travels in East Florida during…

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Features June 30, 2021 June 30, 2021

Join JAR Editor Don N. Hagist and JAR Associate Editor J. L. Bell for “History Camp” on July 10

On July 10, History Camp America will be presenting a full day of online event for adults and families. JAR Editor Don N. Hagist…

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Features, Interviews, People June 27, 2021 June 27, 2021

This Week on Dispatches: Travis Copeland on the Capture of North Carolina’s Governor Thomas Burke

On this week’s Dispatches, host Brady Crytzer interviews JAR contributor Travis Copeland on the capture of North Carolina’s Patriot governor Thomas Burke by Loyalists…

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Features, Interviews, People June 21, 2021 June 20, 2021

Contributor Close Up: Louis Arthur Norton

What inspired you to start researching and writing about the Revolution? What inspired me to start researching and writing about the revolution was my…

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Crime and Justice, Features, Interviews, People June 19, 2021 June 19, 2021

This Week on Dispatches: Robert N. Fanelli on Cosmo Gordon of the Brigade of Guards

On this week’s Dispatches, host Brady Crytzer interviews founding member of the Washington Crossing Revolutionary War Round Table and JAR contributor Robert N. Fanelli…

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Features, Interviews, Native Americans, People, The War Years (1775-1783) June 13, 2021 June 13, 2021

This Week on Dispatches: David P. Ervin on the Continental Army on the Upper Ohio

On this week’s Dispatches, host Brady Crytzer interviews  JAR contributor David P. Ervin on his research into the Continental army operations along the upper…

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Features, Interviews, People June 7, 2021 June 4, 2021

Contributor Close-Up: Jett Conner

What inspired you to start researching and writing about the Revolution? Trained as a political scientist, I got interested in the Revolutionary period through…

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Features, Interviews, Logistics, People, The War Years (1775-1783) June 5, 2021 June 5, 2021

This Week on Dispatches: Mike Matheny on How Paperwork Saved the Continental Army

On this week’s Dispatches, host Brady Crytzer interviews graduate student and JAR contributor Mike Matheny about his fascinating research and article about how the…

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Espionage and Cryptography, Features, Interviews, People, The War Years (1775-1783) May 29, 2021 May 29, 2021

This Week on Dispatches: Charles Dewey on Abraham Bancker, Friend of the Republic

On this week’s Dispatches, host Brady Crytzer interviews JAR contributor Charles Dewey, US Army National Guard Intelligence Office and a historical interpreter and educator…

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News, Prewar Politics (<1775), Speeches and Addresses May 26, 2021 May 21, 2021

The Latest in the JAR Book Series is Now Available

“The sad story of colonial oppression commenced in the year 1764. Great Britain then adopted new regulations respecting her colonies, which, after disturbing the…

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Features, Interviews, People, The War Years (1775-1783) May 22, 2021 May 22, 2021

This Week on Dispatches: Philip D. Weaver on Joseph McCracken, New York’s First Revolutionary Captain

On this week’s Dispatches, host Brady Crytzer interviews researcher, author, and living history presenter Philip D. Weaver on New York’s Joseph McCracken, one of the…

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Constitutional Debate, Features, Interviews, People, Politics During the War (1775-1783), Postwar Politics (>1783) May 16, 2021 May 16, 2021

This Week on Dispatches: Eric Sterner on South Carolina’s John Rutledge

On this week’s Dispatches, host Brady Crytzer interviews consultant, author, and JAR contributor Eric Sterner on the life of John Rutledge, governor, president, and…

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Features May 12, 2021 May 10, 2021

Contributor Question: If you could curate a museum exhibit . . . .

This month, we asked our contributors: If you could curate a museum exhibit about any aspect of the American Revolution and founding era, what…

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Features, Interviews, Politics During the War (1775-1783), The War Years (1775-1783) May 8, 2021 May 8, 2021

This Week on Dispatches: William V. Wenger on Foreign Assistance to the American Revolution

On this week’s Dispatches, host Brady Crytzer interviews retired US Army officer Willam V. Wenger on his research into the contributions of France, Spain,…

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Arts & Literature, Features May 5, 2021 May 4, 2021

The 2021 Annual Volume

The seventh Journal of the American Revolution Annual Volume is now available. Each annual volume highlights articles selected by our editorial board from the…

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Economics, Features, Law, Loyalists, The War Years (1775-1783) May 2, 2021 May 2, 2021

This Week on Dispatches: James P. Sieradzki on the New Jersey Shop License Law of 1780

On this week’s Dispatches, host Brady Crytzer interviews attorney and local historian James P. Sieradzki about New Jersey’s attempt to stop illicit trade between…

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Features, Interviews, Newspapers, The War Years (1775-1783) April 24, 2021 April 24, 2021

This Week on Dispatches: Jonathan Bayer on the Fake News of Quebec’s Surrender

On this week’s Dispatches, host Brady Crytzer interviews PhD student and JAR contributor Jonathan Bayer on his discovery of an account of the surrender…

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Battles, Features, Letters and Correspondence, The War Years (1775-1783) April 18, 2021 April 18, 2021

This Week on Dispatches: Gary Ecelbarger on Clement Biddle and the “Battle of the Clouds”

On this week’s Dispatches, host Brady Crytzer interviews writer and JAR contributor Gary Ecelbarger on what a letter from Clement Biddle can tell us…

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Features, Interviews, People April 10, 2021 April 10, 2021

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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Features, Interviews, People April 7, 2021 March 31, 2021

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…

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Diplomacy, Features, Interviews, People, Politics During the War (1775-1783), The War Years (1775-1783) April 3, 2021 April 8, 2021

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…

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Features, Interviews, People, The War Years (1775-1783) March 27, 2021 March 27, 2021

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…

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Features, Interviews, Loyalists, People, The War Years (1775-1783) March 20, 2021 March 20, 2021

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…

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Features, Interviews, Law, People, Postwar Politics (>1783) March 14, 2021 March 14, 2021

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…

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Features, Interviews, Loyalists, Patriots, People, Politics During the War (1775-1783) March 6, 2021 March 6, 2021

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…

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Features, Historic Sites, Interviews, People, Preservation February 27, 2021 February 27, 2021

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….

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