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Eric Sterner

Eric Sterner

Eric Sterner is a national security and aerospace consultant in the Washington, DC area. He held senior staff positions for the Committees on Armed Services and Science in the House of Representatives and served in the Department of Defense and as NASA’s Associate Deputy Administrator for Policy and Planning. He earned a Bachelor’s at American University and two Master’s Degrees from George Washington University. He has written for a variety of publications, ranging from academic journals to the trade and popular media. His idea of a good time is traipsing through historical sites with his family.

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Frontier, Loyalists, People, Politics During the War (1775-1783), The War Years (1775-1783) October 28, 2020 October 25, 2020

The Connolly Plot

During the Revolutionary War, Pittsburgh was a place of constant political and economic intrigue, double-dealing, subversion, back-stabbing, disloyalty, and treachery. One of the earliest…

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Myths and Legends, People, The War Years (1775-1783) January 14, 2020 January 14, 2020

Betty Zane and the Siege of Fort Henry, September 1782

In 1774, as tensions between colonials and Native Americans living along the upper Ohio River grew, settlers either fled east of the mountains or…

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Conflict & War, Historic Sites, The War Years (1775-1783) December 17, 2019 December 16, 2019

The Siege of Fort Laurens, 1778–1779

During the American Revolution, British-allied Native Americans raided American homesteads and settlements all along the Ohio Valley. As the war progressed, the increased frequency…

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Conflict & War, Diplomacy, The War Years (1775-1783) December 18, 2018 January 23, 2020

The Treaty of Fort Pitt, 1778: The First U.S.–American Indian Treaty

In June 1777, Henry Hamilton, the British lieutenant governor for Quebec and Superintendent for Indian Affairs at Detroit, held a council at Detroit with…

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Reviews October 22, 2018 October 21, 2018

Gibraltar: The Greatest Siege in British History

Book Review: Gibraltar: The Greatest Siege in British History by Roy Adkins and Lesley Adkins, (Viking, 2017). BUY THIS BOOK FROM AMAZON It is…

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Reviews July 9, 2018 July 9, 2018

The Indian World of George Washington

Book Review: The Indian World of George Washington by Colin G. Calloway (Oxford University Press, 2018) BUY THIS BOOK FROM AMAZON In writing The Indian…

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Conflict & War, Espionage and Cryptography, Features, The War Years (1775-1783) June 5, 2018 June 4, 2018

A Curious “Trial” on the Frontier: Zeisberger, Heckewelder, et. al. vs. Great Britain

For most of the American Revolution, a community of Lenape/Delaware, Munsey, Mahican, and Mingo Indians who had adopted the Christian faith lived along the…

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Religion, The War Years (1775-1783) February 6, 2018 February 6, 2018

Moravians in the Middle: The Gnadenhutten Massacre

In 1782, six months after Cornwallis’ surrender at Yorktown, Patriot militiamen committed one of the most heinous war crimes of the Revolutionary War. On…

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People October 11, 2017 October 7, 2017

General John Dagworthy: George Washington’s Forgotten American Rival

Every summer, millions of tourists flock to the beaches and resorts on the Delaware-Maryland-Virginia (Delmarva) peninsula sandwiched between the Chesapeake Bay and Atlantic Ocean. …

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Reviews July 13, 2017 October 8, 2018

Dunmore’s War: The Last Conflict of America’s Colonial Era

Book review: Dunmore’s War: The Last Conflict of America’s Colonial Era by Glenn Williams (Westholme, 2017) [BUY NOW ON AMAZON] In 1763, King George…

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Postwar Politics (>1783) February 6, 2017 February 3, 2017

Washington’s Farewell Advice to the Nation

Last month, Americans observed the peaceful transition of power from one president to another, from one political party to another.  Some will point to…

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Reviews December 1, 2016 November 4, 2016

Manufacturing Independence: Industrial Innovation in the American Revolution

Book review: Manufacturing Independence: Industrial Innovation in the American Revolution by Robert F. Smith (Westholme Publishing, August 2016) [BUY NOW ON AMAZON] In his 1961…

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Arts & Literature November 2, 2016 October 25, 2016

Joseph Addison’s Cato: Liberty on the Stage

The study of ancient Greece and Rome was a significant part of upper class education in Colonial and Revolutionary America.  The founders were familiar…

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People September 6, 2016 August 28, 2016

Captain John Peck Rathbun: As Audacious as John Paul Jones

John Paul Jones tends to overshadow the study of the American Revolution at sea. While his accolades are well deserved, Jones earned many of…

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Food & Lifestyle November 26, 2015 August 28, 2016

The Revolutionary War Generation and Thanksgiving

Abraham Lincoln’s 1863 proclamation established Thanksgiving as the national holiday we celebrate today, making him the father of modern Thanksgiving.[1] The Revolutionary generation, however,…

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