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Category Archives: Continental Congress
The Brush of John Trumbull
Emerging Revolutionary War welcomes back guest historian Michael Aubrecht John Trumbull’s paintings represent some of the most familiar depictions from the time of the American Revolution. Trumbull was a graduate of Harvard University and the gifted son of the Governor … Continue reading
Posted in Campaigns, Continental Congress, Continental Leadership, Memory, Monuments, National Park Service, Northern Theater, Personalities, Preservation, Revolutionary War
Tagged Alexander Hamilton, American Academy of the Fine Arts, Battle of Quebec, Bunker Hill, Declaration of Independence, General Joseph Warren, General Montgomery, George Washington, Harvard University, John Adams, John Trumbull, London, painting, Paris, Surrender of Lord Cornwallis, Yale University, Yorktown
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Review: First Founding Father: Richard Henry Lee and the Call for American Independence by Harlow Giles Unger
A member of one of Virginia’s first families, Richard Henry Lee was a critical voice in America’s struggle against Great Britain. Born at the family home, Stratford Hall, in Westmoreland County, Lee was educated in England. In 1758, he entered … Continue reading
Posted in Book Review, Continental Congress, Continental Leadership, Memory, Personalities, Revolutionary War
Tagged Committee of Corresspondence, Continental Congress, Declaration of Independence, Founding Fathers, Harlow Giles Unger, House of Burgess, Richard Henry Lee, Stratford Hall, Virginia, Westmoreland County
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Lachlan McIntosh
On a recent trip to Valley Forge National Historical Park I came across the monument to featured below, of a general that did not initially ring a bell in my memory. So I did a little investigating. The first name … Continue reading
Posted in Continental Congress, Continental Leadership, National Park Service, Northern Theater, Personalities, Revolutionary War, Southern Theater
Tagged British, British Army, Button Gwinnett, Charles O'Hara, Continental Army, Creek Native Americans, George Washington, Georgia, Jacobite Rebellion, James Oglethorpe, Lachlan McIntosh, President George Washington, Scotland, Siege of Charleston, Siege of Savannah, St. Augustine, Valley Forge, Valley Forge National Historical Park, War of Jenkins' Ear, William McIntosh
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Standing in the Room Where American Was Born
As I stood in Independence Hall, in the room where the Founders debated the Declaration of Independence, I suddenly started thinking of the opening scene from the musical 1776, when John Adams cries for independence while everyone else complains about … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Continental Congress, National Park Service
Tagged 1776-the musical, Ben Franklin, Carpenter Hall, City Tavern, Congress Hall, Constitutional Convention, Continental Congress, Declaration of Independence, George Washington, Independence National Historical Park, James Madison, John Adams, The Signer, Thomas Jefferson
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“Adams and Jefferson: A Revolutionary Friendship”
On February 1, 2017 at 7:00 p.m. join Emerging Revolutionary War’s Derek Maxfield for the launch of the “Historical Horizons Lecture Series” sponsored by the Genesee Community College History Club. Two of the most important men in American History are John … Continue reading
Posted in Continental Congress, Memory, Revolutionary War
Tagged 1775, American History, Derek Maxfield, History, John Adams, Philadelphia, Thomas Jefferson
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Six Signers Signing
Part Three of Six His name might not be too familiar, but he has the distinction of signing three of the most important documents of the American Revolutionary period; the petition to King George III of 1774, the Declaration of … Continue reading
Posted in Continental Congress, Continental Leadership, Memory, Personalities, Revolutionary War
Tagged Caesar Rodney, Constitution Convention, Continental Congress, George Read, King George III, Philadelphia, Signers of the U.S. Constitution, Thomas McKean, United States Constitution
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Six Signing Signers
Part One of Six On August 2, 1776, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the majority of the 56 men who would forever be known as the “Signers of the Declaration of Independence” placed quill to ink and affixed their signature. On September … Continue reading
Posted in Continental Congress, Continental Leadership, Memory, Monuments
Tagged Battle of Brandywine, Benjamin Franklin, Continental Congress, Declaration of Independence, George Clymer, George Washington, John Adams, John Hancock, Philadelphia, Samuel Adams, Thomas Jefferson, United States Constitution
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