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Interviews, Reviews April 23, 2013 January 2, 2015

Dreaming of Revolution

by Lars D. H. Hedbor

It’s tough to bring history alive, particularly when all of the participants have been reduced to dust and bones by the inexorable flow of…

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1. J. L. Bell Thomas Jefferson, the American Revolution, and the Creation of a Republican World

The first comment above was about "'protesters' covering the statue of Jefferson at the University of Virginia." As news reports make clear (http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-41258592), those people put a black shroud over…
2. Aaron L Thomas Jefferson, the American Revolution, and the Creation of a Republican World

"Please explain again why people protesting (even if one disagrees with their cause or approach) can’t simply be called protesters. Why the scare-quotes, with the implication that they’re merely so-called…
3. Larry Sjelin Who Killed Major Pitcairn?

Looking for information regarding the British Marines participation in the 1776 campaign. Particularly the 2000 Marines landed to support Howe on Long Island. Seems the original two battalions formed in…
4. Jay Anderson Thomas Jefferson, the American Revolution, and the Creation of a Republican World

As an alumnus of Mr. Jefferson's University (albeit one who more closely aligns with Jefferson's political adversaries, Washington and Hamilton, and therefore well versed in Jefferson's shortcomings), I am distressed…
5. J. L. Bell Thomas Jefferson, the American Revolution, and the Creation of a Republican World

Please explain again why people protesting (even if one disagrees with their cause or approach) can't simply be called protesters. Why the scare-quotes, with the implication that they're merely so-called…