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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.

Features, Interviews, Primary Sources, The War Years (1775-1783) December 20, 2020 December 20, 2020

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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Features, Food & Lifestyle, The War Years (1775-1783) December 14, 2020 December 13, 2020

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…

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Features, Interviews, Loyalists, People, The War Years (1775-1783) December 12, 2020 December 12, 2020

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…

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Espionage and Cryptography, Features, Interviews, People, The War Years (1775-1783) December 5, 2020 December 5, 2020

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…

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Features, Interviews, People, Postwar Conflict (>1783) November 28, 2020 November 28, 2020

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…

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Features, Interviews, Loyalists, People, The War Years (1775-1783) November 21, 2020 November 21, 2020

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,…

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Constitutional Debate, Features, Interviews, People, Political Philosophy November 13, 2020 November 12, 2020

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…

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Battles, Features, Interviews, People November 8, 2020 November 8, 2020

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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Critical Thinking, Features, Postwar Politics (>1783) November 3, 2020 November 1, 2020

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…

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Battles, Features, Interviews, Strategy November 1, 2020 November 1, 2020

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…

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Features, Interviews, People, Politics During the War (1775-1783) October 25, 2020 October 25, 2020

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…

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News October 21, 2020 October 20, 2020

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….

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Features, Interviews, People, Prisoners of War, The War Years (1775-1783) October 18, 2020 October 18, 2020

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…

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Features, Interviews, People October 10, 2020 October 10, 2020

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,…

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Audiovisual, Espionage and Cryptography, Features, Historic Sites, Interviews, People October 4, 2020 October 4, 2020

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…

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Features, Interviews, Memorials, People September 27, 2020 September 27, 2020

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…

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Features, Historic Sites, Interviews, Preservation, War at Sea and Waterways (1775–1783) September 21, 2020 September 21, 2020

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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Interviews, People, The War Years (1775-1783) September 13, 2020 September 3, 2021

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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Features, People, Primary Sources September 7, 2020 September 6, 2020

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…

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Features, Interviews, Patriots, Prewar Conflict (<1775), Prewar Politics (<1775) September 6, 2020 September 6, 2020

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…

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Interviews, People, Politics During the War (1775-1783) August 30, 2020 August 30, 2020

This Week on Dispatches: Michael Cecere on Patrick Henry’s March on Williamsburg

On this week’s Dispatches host Brady Crytzer interviews JAR contributor, author, and educator Michael Cecere on his recent article about Patrick Henry’s March on Williamsburg and…

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Features, Interviews, People August 26, 2020 September 3, 2021

Contributor Close-Up: Philip D. Weaver

What inspired you to start researching and writing about the Revolution? I was always a Civil War nut as a kid. As I started…

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Constitutional Debate, Critical Thinking, Features, Interviews August 22, 2020 August 22, 2020

This Week on Dispatches: Jane Hampton Cook on “Remember the Ladies,” Abigail Adams on Women’s Right to Vote

On this week’s Dispatches host Brady Crytzer interviews author and former White House webmaster, Jane Hampton Cook on Abigail Adams’s advice to her husband John…

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Features, Interviews, People August 19, 2020 August 14, 2020

Contributor Close-up: Kim Burdick

What inspired you to start researching and writing about the Revolution? As a little kid growing up in very rural Chenango County, New York,…

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Features, Interviews, The War Years (1775-1783) August 16, 2020 August 16, 2020

This Week on Dispatches: Derrick E. Lapp on the Bunker Hill Effect

On this week’s Dispatches host Brady Crytzer interviews VMI and University of Maryland, Baltimore graduate Derrick E. Lapp on the “Bunker Hill Effect” on decision…

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Features August 12, 2020 August 8, 2020

Contributor Profile: Geoff Smock

What inspired you to start researching and writing about the Revolution? I got into history in 5th grade when my mom bought me a…

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Diplomacy, Features, Interviews, War at Sea and Waterways (1775–1783) August 9, 2020 August 9, 2020

This Week on Dispatches: Kim Burdick on the Atlantic Crossing of the French l’Expédition Particulière

On this week’s Dispatches host Brady Crytzer interviews historian and JAR contributor Kim Burdick about l’Expédition Particulière, the codename for the French fleet that sailed from…

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Critical Thinking, Documents, Features, Interviews, Politics During the War (1775-1783) August 8, 2020 August 8, 2020

This Week on Dispatches: Christopher Warren on Documents of the American Revolution

On this week’s Dispatches host Brady Crytzer interviews Christopher Warren, historian and Curator of American History in the Rare Book & Special Collections Division of the…

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Engineering and Technology, Features, Interviews, People, Strategy July 26, 2020 July 26, 2020

This Week on Dispatches: Jeff Dacus on the “Tower of Victory” at the Siege of Fort Watson

On this week’s Dispatches host Brady Crytzer interviews JAR contributor Jeff Dacus on how Light Horse Harry Lee and Francis Marion were able to successfully capture…

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Arts & Literature, Culture, Features, Interviews, People July 19, 2020 July 19, 2020

This Week on Dispatches: Greg Aaron on the American Revolution’s Influence on Superheroes

On this week’s Dispatches host Brady Crytzer interviews cybersecurity expert and former trade book editor Greg Aaron on the influence of the American Revolution on the…

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Features, Interviews, Postwar Politics (>1783) July 12, 2020 July 12, 2020

This Week on Dispatches: Jett Conner on Thomas Paine, Thomas Jefferson, and the Louisiana Purchase

On this week’s Dispatches host Brady Crytzer interviews political scientist, historian, and JAR contributor Jett Conner on his recent article about Thomas Paine’s and Thomas…

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Economics, Features, Interviews, Law, Prewar Politics (<1775) July 4, 2020 July 4, 2020

This Week on Dispatches: Ken Shumate on the Sugar Act of 1733

On this week’s Dispatches host Brady Crytzer interviews Marine Corps veteran, software developer, and JAR contributor Ken Shumate on the history and significance of the…

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Beyond the Classroom, Features July 3, 2020 June 30, 2020

And Now for Something Completely Different. . . . This Month’s Contributor Question

For this 4th of July, we asked our contributors to write a limerick inspired by the Declaration of Independence. John Knight In Albion a…

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Features, Interviews, People, The War Years (1775-1783) June 27, 2020 June 27, 2020

This Week on Dispatches: Christian M. McBurney on General Charles Lee and the Oath of Allegiance

On this week’s Dispatches host Brady Crytzer interviews author, attorney, and JAR contributor, Christian M. McBurney on the enigmatic General Charles Lee and his role…

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Features, Interviews, People June 22, 2020 March 1, 2023

Contributor Close-up: George Kotlik

What inspired you to start researching and writing about the American Revolution? The North American War of Independence has been a passion of mine…

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Critical Thinking, Features, Interviews June 21, 2020 June 22, 2020

This Week on Dispatches: Geoff Smock on the Influence of the Enlightenment on Thomas Jefferson

On this week’s Dispatches host Brady Crytzer interviews teacher and JAR contributor Geoff Smock on Thomas Jefferson’s enlightenment-influenced views on pandemics, the French Revolution, Shays’…

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Constitutional Debate, Features, Interviews, Postwar Politics (>1783) June 14, 2020 June 14, 2020

This Week on Dispatches: Keith Muchowski on Rufus King, Forgotten Founder

On this week’s Dispatches host Brady Crytzer interviews professor and librarian Keith Muchowski on Rufus King, forgotten founder. Thousands of readers like you enjoy the articles…

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Features, Primary Sources June 10, 2020 June 8, 2020

Primary Sources Online: JAR Contributor Recommendations

This month we asked our contributors: What is your favorite digitized collection of primary source material? There is a treasure trove of resources available…

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Features, Interviews, The War Years (1775-1783) June 7, 2020 June 7, 2020

This Week on Dispatches: Andrew Waters on Nathanael Greene, Thomas Sumter and the Revolution in the South

On this week’s Dispatches host Brady Crytzer interviews author, land conservationist, and JAR contributor Andrew Waters on how Nathanael Greene and Thomas Sumter fought against…

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