Top 10 Articles of January 2016
January 2016 was triple-A rated for featuring plenty of new announcements, authors and articles. We crowned Independence Lost by Kathleen DuVal as our 2015…
The First Two Journal of the American Revolution Books: Available Now to Pre-order!
With our finger on the pulse of great research and writing about the American Revolution, it seemed natural to launch a namesake book series….
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Year in Review: Top 30 Articles of 2015
The year 2015 was our best ever. Online, we published 200 articles by scores of expert writers and welcomed 1.1 million unique readers. Our…
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Journal of the American Revolution Announces 2015 Book of the Year Award Winners
Journal of the American Revolution, the popular online magazine and annual book, today announced its winner and runners-up for the 2015 Book of the…
OUT OF THE OFFICE: RETURNING JANUARY 4
After an extremely busy and exciting year, Journal of the American Revolution is taking a short vacation to tackle a few time sensitive projects. Look for…
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The funniest thing?
What’s the funniest thing you’ve come across in researching this period? In Paris, while negotiating the treaty with France, Ben Franklin stopped for…
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Who would you introduce?
What two people from the Revolutionary period who never met (so far as we know) do you wish you could introduce? Why? I…
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How has your perspective changed?
Since you began studying the American Revolution, how has your perspective on it changed? My perspective has become more complex. As I followed…
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How do you define “Founding Fathers”?
How do you define “Founding Fathers”? You can define it either broadly or narrowly. By consensus, most historians limit the narrow definition to six….
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Which side benefited the most from the Native Americans?
Which side do you think benefited the most from the Native American involvement in the war? Why? The British benefited the most, from one…
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Top 10 Articles of November 2015
November was packed with fascinating articles, intriguing interviews and a much-requested review of the Broadway musical Hamilton. Our readers took a Revolutionary tour of Arlington Cemetery…
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Revolutionary War History Geek Gift Guide 2015
We realize that finding the perfect Revolution-themed holiday gift is not easy. For the past three years Journal of the American Revolution has been guiding readers through…
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9 Questions with Rick Atkinson
Learning that one of the most acclaimed military writers of our time has turned his narrative expertise towards the American Revolution is exciting news…
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THE MUST-ATTEND AMERICAN REVOLUTION CONFERENCE OF 2016
The must-attend American Revolution conference of 2016 is being hosted by America’s History, LLC, one of the nation’s leading history tour and conference companies. The…
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8 Questions with Henry Cooke
If he had lived in the eighteenth century, Henry Cooke would have been called a Master Tailor. Today we call him a historical costumer,…
Top 10 Articles of October 2015
Things never slow down. October was another busy month for Journal of the American Revolution. We are hard at work compiling the next annual…
Top 10 Articles of September 2015
Students across the United States are back in school and using Journal of the American Revolution as a key resource in history classes and…
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Contributor Close-up: Don N. Hagist
About Don N. Hagist Don N. Hagist, editor of Journal of the American Revolution, is an independent researcher specializing in the demographics and material…
Top 10 Articles of August 2015
In August, Journal of the American Revolution welcomed five new writers: Ken Daigler, Rich Wood, Travis Martin, Janet Wedge and Erin Weinman. Since our launch in January 2013,…
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Contributor Close-up: Michael Barbieri
About Michael Barbieri: A life-long Vermonter, Mike has spent forty years researching and interpreting the Revolution with a concentration on the northern theater. He…
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Contributor Close-up: John L. Smith, Jr.
About John L. Smith, Jr. John L. Smith, Jr. is a retired corporate communications manager for a Florida energy company. He is a state…
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Top 10 Articles of July 2015
Thanks to everyone for making July a spectacular month at Journal of the American Revolution. We welcomed 125,000 readers and four new writers: T. J….
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Contributor Close-up: Michael Cecere
About Michael Cecere Michael Cecere teaches U.S. History at Robert E. Lee High School in Fairfax County, Virginia and at Northern Virginia Community College…
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Contributor Close-up: Thomas Verenna
About Thomas Verenna Thomas Verenna is a member of the Valley Forge Chapter, Sons of the American Revolution, an Associate Board Member of the…
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Contributor Close-up: Thomas Fleming
About Thomas Fleming: Thomas Fleming is one of the most distinguished and productive historians and novelists of our time. He has written twenty nonfiction…
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5 Political Characters of Americans
The March 18, 1777 Pennsylvania Packet (Philadelphia) published an essay by “S.” that classified five political characters of Americans. The article was republished in…
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The Discharge
When a soldier’s term of service was complete, he was discharged. Besides having arrears of pay and other obligations resolved, he was given a…
To the Sound of the Fife
So you’ve been elected Captain of the militia company of your small Massachusetts town in 1774, and now you’ve got to train your men….
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Top 10 Articles of June 2015
Journal of the American Revolution kicked off summer 2015 with a fun group interview and several short features about important primary sources. This source…
The Revolutionary Rebus: A Coded Message Not for Spies
The British government’s policies toward the American colonies in the 1760s and 1770s were controversial in Great Britain; some people favored the government’s actions…
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The Virginia Gazette (Williamsburg), August 26, 1775
One of the newspapers featured in Reporting the Revolutionary War was the Virginia Gazette dated August 26, 1775. In the book, Don N. Hagist…
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Building and Attacking Redoubts
From Bunker Hill to Yorktown, a feature of military actions during the American Revolution was the redoubt. Of course, redoubts were a fixture in…
Map of Burgoyne’s Army after Bemis Heights
Maps are vital to understanding campaigns and battles. During the American Revolution, military planners often lamented the lack of good maps and went to…
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Ebenezer Parkman’s Diary
From mid-August to early October, 1774, huge crowds gathered in the “shiretowns” of every county in contiguous, mainland Massachusetts (except Suffolk, where Boston is…
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A View in America in 1778
Cartoons were a vital part of England’s print media in the 1770s, and were almost exclusively of the sort that today we call editorial…
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Military Paperwork: The Morning Report
Armies thrived on paperwork. With huge amounts of information to be recorded and tracked, non-commissioned officers and soldiers with good literacy, skill at basic…
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Journals of Each Provincial Congress of Massachusetts
In the late summer and early fall of 1774, all of Massachusetts outside of Boston shed British rule. From October 1774 to April 1775,…
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The Tombstone Edition: Pennsylvania Journal, October 31, 1765
One of the most famous and recognizable eighteenth-century newspapers is the October 31, 1765 issue of the Pennsylvania Journal, also known as the “tombstone…
Most influential second city?
Outside of the big four (Boston, New York, Philadelphia and Charleston), which city was most critical to the success of the Revolution? Why? …