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Robert N. Fanelli

Robert N. Fanelli

Robert N. Fanelli is a founding member of the Washington Crossing Revolutionary War Round Table. He serves as a Trustee of the Swan Historical Foundation, which owns the excellent collection of revolutionary war artifacts on display in the museum of the Washington Crossing State Park in Titusville, New Jersey. He is particularly interested in Pennsylvania’s role in the American Revolution, and has lived most of his life along the flanks of Edge Hill, site of an encounter between the American and British armies on December 7, 1777.

Features June 15, 2021 June 16, 2021

The 2nd Connecticut Regiment at Edge Hill

A fire fight erupted on the densely wooded Pennsylvania ridge. Caught in a crossfire from three sides, men of the 2nd Connecticut Regiment began…

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Crime and Justice, People, The War Years (1775-1783) May 6, 2021 October 4, 2021

A Fatal Dispute Among the Guards

The British evacuation of Philadelphia had been under way for several days. Given the honor to be among the last units to leave, the…

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Loyalists, Patriots, People, The War Years (1775-1783) December 2, 2020 December 4, 2020

William Allen and His Family: Tories or Patriots?

Common wisdom paints William Allen, a wealthy and prominent Pennsylvanian, as a traitor to the cause of American independence. As the revolution grew, the…

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Conflict & War, Features, People July 10, 2018 July 13, 2018

Charles Craig’s Final Statement

In his last moments, with calculated efficiency, he bolted the bedroom door so no one could interrupt the execution of his final act. Charles…

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People August 21, 2017 August 23, 2017

The Tireless Pension Pursuit of Bristol Budd Sampson

On an October day in 1820, a fourteen-year-old African American boy trudged along a rural lane near the town of Barkhamsted, Connecticut. Two hundred…

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People June 8, 2017 May 28, 2017

One famous, one forgotten: John Eager Howard and Patrick Duffey

In late November 1777, Col. William Grayson and a group of gentlemen gathered in a tavern near Whitemarsh, Pennsylvania, a mile and half in…

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