Norman Fuss

Norman Fuss is an avocational historian and living history interpreter who, for the past forty years has focused on the history of the period of the American War for Independence. After retiring from a career as a chemical engineer and management consultant, he moved to Williamsburg, Virginia where he conducts guided tours for the Jamestown Yorktown Foundation and acts as a volunteer consultant for the American Revolution Museum at Yorktown, opening in late 2016. He also serves as a subject matter expert for Colonial Williamsburg’s Electronic Field Trips. A frequent writer and speaker, he has published over two dozen articles on a variety of topics related to the Revolutionary War period.

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Places April 24, 2017 April 21, 2017

Dedication of the New American Revolution Museum at Yorktown

Ten years in the planning and construction, the new fifty million dollar state of the art American Revolution Museum at Yorktown was officially dedicated…

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Prewar Conflict (<1775) April 2, 2015 August 28, 2016

Prelude to Rebellion: Dunmore’s Raid on the Williamsburg Magazine

April in Virginia is regarded by many as the best month of the year. Sandwiched between the chilly bluster of March and the growing…

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Arts & Literature January 13, 2015 August 28, 2016

An Iconic Artifact Re-examined

Sometimes taking a closer look at an iconic and widely accepted primary source artifact can lead to unanticipated insights. And sometimes those unanticipated insights…

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People October 14, 2014 August 28, 2016

Billy Flora at the Battle of Great Bridge

Billy Flora was cold. That was not surprising. He was crouched in the lee of a pile of shingles next to a burnt out…

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Critical Thinking April 22, 2014 August 28, 2016

You Say Huzzah!
They Said Huzzay!

Go to any Revolutionary War period living history program or reenactment and you hear it again and again. “Huzzah for Great Washington and the…