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Conflict & War

Colonial Militia on the Eve of War

by Michael Cecere

As part of the British empire, none of the thirteen American colonies maintained a standing army of the sort Great Britain and the other...

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Interviews

April 3, 2025

On This Week’s Dispatches: Jude M.Pfister on the Federalist Papers

by Editors

On this week’s Dispatches, host Brady Crytzer interviews author and JAR contributor Jude Pfister. The Federalist Papers stand amongst the most important documents from...

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Newspapers

April 1, 2025

“One Great People”: John Fenno’s Public Crusade for an American National Identity

by Shawn David McGhee

In New York City, at nine o’clock in the morning on Thursday, April 30, 1789, Americans of diverse Christian denominations filed into their churches...

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Reviews

March 31, 2025

The Traitor’s Homecoming: Benedict Arnold’s Raid on New London

by Sam Short

BOOK REVIEW: The Traitor’s Homecoming: Benedict Arnold’s Raid on New London, Connecticut, September 4-13, 1781 by Matthew E. Reardon. (El Dorado Hills, CA: Savas...

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Prewar Politics (<1775)

March 27, 2025

The Bill for Regulating the Government of Massachusetts

by Bob Ruppert

Following the Boston Tea Party, Parliament passed three Acts that would become known as the Coercive Acts. The first was the Boston Port Bill;...

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