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The January 6, 2021 assault on the Capital rocked America, but it was by no means the largest, or even the most threatening, armed…
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The status of Thomas Ditson, Jr., as a minor hero of the American Revolution has more to do with the perception that he was…
Jemima Howe (1724–1805), a pioneer woman of the early Vermont frontier wilderness, survived a 1755 abduction along with her seven children ranging from six…
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Discussions about the American evacuation of Mount Independence and Fort Ticonderoga on the night of July 5, 1777 frequently address the question: could shot…
On this week’s Dispatches, host Brady Crytzer interviews writer, editor, researcher, and JAR contributor Edna Gabler on her recent study of images of enslaved…
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“His Britannic Majesty shall with all convenient speed, and without causing any Destruction, or carrying away any Negroes or other Property of the American…
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The booming roar of cannon shattered the stillness of the warm summer air around Boston. A thirty-two pound cannonball screamed through the sky toward…
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Yesterday marked the 170th anniversary of the commemoration of the Bunker Hill Monument. It took the Bunker Hill Monument Association, thousands of individual donors,…
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The American Revolution and the decade of disputes with Great Britain that preceded it marked a major turning point in the development of political…