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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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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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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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’…
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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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…
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…
This Week on Dispatches: Lindsay M. Chervinsky on George Washington and the Cabinet of the United States
On this week’s Dispatches host Brady Crytzer interviews White House historian and author Lindsay M. Chervinsky about her new book on George Washington and the…
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An Interview with Eliot Pattison, Author of the Bone Rattler Series
Author Eliot Pattison’s new book is The King’s Beast: A Mystery of the American Revolution (Counterpoint, 2020), sixth in his Bone Rattler series set in…
This Week on Dispatches: Matthew Reardon on the Whaleboat Wars on the Connecticut River
On this week’s Dispatches host Brady Crytzer interviews history teacher and JAR contributor Matthew Reardon on the Loyalist raid up the Connecticut River in 1782 when…
This Week on Dispatches: George Kotlik on the British Invasion of the Bahamas
On this week’s Dispatches host Brady Crytzer interviews historian and JAR contributor George Kotlik on the British invasion of Spanish Bahamas at the close of the…
This Week on Dispatches: Stephen John Katzberg on Mapping the Battle of Eutaw Springs
On this week’s Dispatches host Brady Crytzer speaks with electrical engineer and JAR contributor Stephen John Katzberg on the significance of the Battle of Eutaw…
Supporting American Revolution History
Restrictions on travel and gather due to the coronavirus pandemic have had a significant impact on historic sites and institutions dedicated to the American…
This Week on Dispatches: Eric Sterner on the Siege of Fort Henry
On this week’s Dispatches host Brady Crytzer interviews JAR contributor and writer Eric Sterner on the Siege of Fort Henry on the Virginia frontier in 1782….
This Week on Dispatches: Patrick Naughton on Information Control and the Battles of Lexington and Concord
On this week’s Dispatches host Brady Crytzer interviews active US Army Major and JAR contributor Patrick Naughton on the narrative created by the Provincial Congress…
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This Week on Dispatches: Andrew Zellers-Frederick on the Military Occupation of Easton
On this week’s Dispatches host Brady Crytzer interviews historian and JAR contributor Andrew Zellers-Frederick on the 0ccupation of Easton, Pennsylvania, by Continental forces gathering for…
This Week on Dispatches: Justin McHenry on John Morgan, William Shippen, and the Fate of the Continental Medical Department
On this week’s Dispatches host Brady Crytzer interviews archivist and JAR contributor Justin McHenry about the heated rivalry between John Morgan and William Shippen over control…
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Welcome to my Podcast!
With our popular podcast Dispatches now in its second year, we asked our contributors a whimsical question: Which person from the American Revolution and the…