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Arts & Literature April 12, 2016 April 26, 2016

Deserter a Day 2 (of 5)

by Editors

The deserter advertisement presented today illustrates several important facets of the Continental Army. Looking at this list of thirteen deserters, we see: Men born…

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Arts & Literature November 10, 2014 April 20, 2015

Propaganda Warfare: Benjamin Franklin Fakes a Newspaper

by Hugh T. Harrington

“The Press, Watson, is a most valuable institution, if you only know how to use it,” said the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes.[1] Benjamin Franklin…

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Arts & Literature September 24, 2013 September 24, 2013

Revolutionary News: 10 Breaking Stories

by Todd Andrlik

In April 1775, reports about the bloodshed at Lexington and Concord took five days to reach Philadelphia and nearly three weeks to reach Charleston,…

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1. Richard Werther King Gustav III of Sweden: Friendly Foe of the United States

As authors will usually say in their acknowledgements, any errors are my responsibility.
2. Hiller B. Zobel King Gustav III of Sweden: Friendly Foe of the United States

Gustav’s assassination was the original subject of Verdi’s opera, Un Ballo In Maschera. The censors objected to its depiction of a royal murder, so the setting was shifted to Boston!…
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I'm afraid the Editor must have been asleep! The author referred to "coup de gras" (which means blow of fat) when it should have been "coup de grace," meaning the…