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Revolutionary War

10/11/2020

Paul Revere Made the Boston Massacre a Flashpoint for Revolution.

by Philip Gerard

The incident that became known as the Boston Massacre didn't have to happen, and didn't have to become a flashpoint for violence after. As political tensions break into violence today, it's worthwhile to think about Boston in 1770.

SOURCE: WBUR
8/25/2020

In N.H. Town, Calls To Put Up Statue Of Black Revolutionary War Hero

Wentworth Cheswill had an integral role in what may have been the first true battle of the Revolutionary War in Porsmouth, New Hampshire.

6/21/2020

Peace is Temporary Without Trustworthy Leaders: Lessons from the Philadelphia Mutiny

by David Head

In an environment of intense mutual suspicion—soldiers accused civilians of stingy ingratitude while civilians saw the army as a threat to their liberty—Washington’s trustworthiness bound the two sides together.

SOURCE: Washington Post
5/14/2020

Familiar Story of the Boston Massacre Becomes Familial

A review of Serena Zabin's upcoming book "The Boston Massacre."

SOURCE: History.com
5/13/2020

Smallpox Inoculations in 1770s Were Risky, But Helped George Washington Win the War

Historian Elizabeth Fenn notes that Washington recognized the need to negate a British advantage: endemic smallpox in Britain made his enemy less susceptible to the disease rampant in the colonies.

Lexington and Concord -- Where the Rubber Meets the Road

by Guy Chet

The Revolution was, first and foremost, a war. The Revolution’s battles and campaigns thus offer sound insights as to the rebels’ motivation and aims.

SOURCE: Boston Globe
2/27/2020

A Historian Finds Women, Children, and ‘Family History’ at the Boston Massacre

“What happens when we think of this as an event that is populated by women and children as well as just guys with guns?”

10/13/19

Author Christian Di Spigna Is On a Mission to Honor a Revolutionary War Hero

by Michael McQuillan

A review of Founding Martyr: The Life and Death of Dr. Joseph Warren, the American Revolution’s Lost Hero.

7/28/19

Would Slavery Have Ended Sooner if the British Won the American Revolutionary War?

by Keith Brooks

After its victory, the U.S. went on to become an empire unparalleled in history, its wealth origins rooted largely in slave labor.

SOURCE: National Review
5/27/19

The American Revolution’s Starving, Barefoot, Heroic Troops

Our young nation was very poor, the war was very expensive, and Congress and the states wanted everyone else to pay.

SOURCE: NY Times
5/11/19

Why We Still Care About America’s Founders

by Rick Atkinson

Despite their flaws, their struggle continues to speak to the nation we want to become.

4/14/19

The Spies' Marathon before Patriots Day

by William Lambers

A tale of a spy mission gone wrong and the history behind Patriots' Day.

SOURCE: NY Times
4/7/19

Casimir Pulaski, Polish Hero of the Revolutionary War, Was Most Likely Intersex, Researchers Say

Casimir Pulaski had male characteristics, like facial hair and male-pattern baldness, but his skeleton looked female. Researchers now believe he was intersex.

SOURCE: Omaha World-Herald
4-25-18

Michael Beschloss says this isn't the most politically divisive time in America

The political climate after the Revolutionary War was much more polarized, and so were the environments during and after the Civil War and during and after the Civil Rights era, including the Vietnam War.

SOURCE: Fox News
2-15-17

'The first Oval Office': Museum will showcase Washington’s Revolutionary War tent

Dubbed “the first Oval Office,” the canvas tent will be the cornerstone of the Philadelphia-based Museum’s collection of approximately 3,000 Revolutionary War-era artifacts.

SOURCE: The Washington Post
10-16-14

Memorial for black Revolutionary War soldiers finds spot on Mall after 30 years

Last month, Congress unanimously authorized a site for the memorial.

SOURCE: Wall Street Journal
11-11-13

15 Va. soldiers ID'd at NY Revolutionary War site

The Friends of the Fishkill Supply Depot made the discovery.

SOURCE: The Times News (NC)
4-28-13

NC corrects Revolutionary War marker

After nearly 75 years, a piece of local Revolutionary War history has been rewritten.On Friday, a state historical marker indicating a decisive Revolutionary War battleground in Alamance County was changed to reflect more accurate information unearthed by two historians.“Alamance County has been told the incorrect information since 1938,” Stewart Dunaway said to a Southern Campaigns of the American Revolution tour group, which had gathered at the fork of N.C. 49 and Anthony Road, south of Interstate 40/85....

SOURCE: St. Louis CBS
3-25-13

Revolutionary War battlefield lies beneath future ballpark village site

ST. LOUIS (KMOX) – Even life-long St. Louis residents may not realize that a big battle was once fought on what is now the site of Ballpark Village, which is in the early stages of development just north of Busch Stadium.Interestingly, this wasn’t a conflict during the U.S. Civil War, but the Revolutionary War.The “Battle of St. Louis” — also known as the “Battle of Fort San Carlos” — took place in May 1780, and downtown looked much different 233 years ago.“The early French city of St. Louis had a wall that enclosed it on three sides, and the fourth side was the Mississippi River,” notes Michael Fuller, history professor at St. Louis Community College-Meramec and one of the foremost experts on the battle....

SOURCE: NBC 40
2-21-13

Cumberland County battle field could soon become historical site

Some members of the Cumberland County community are seeking a grant that they say will shed light on the truth behind a suspected Revolutionary War battle site.Revolutionary War history is said to be rooted here in Port Norris, and some members of the Cumberland County community say they will stop at nothing to shed light on the truth."Get something going all the way back to the Revolutionary War era right here in Cumberland County would certainly an asset to our tourism and our economy."...