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Category Archives: Continental Leadership
Emerging Revolutionary War checks in with Tom Hand and Americana Corner. Here is what has has been published on that blog for the month of August. America Looks WestwardAugust 30, 2022 Americans have always had a yearning to move west and discover … Continue reading
2022 Symposium Speaker Spotlight: Eric Sterner
We are happy to welcome Eric Sterner to our Third Annual Symposium on the American Revolution, co-hosted with Gadsby’s Tavern Museum, The Lyceum and Emerging Revolutionary War. This year’s theme is “The World Turned Upside: The American Revolution’s Impact on … Continue reading
“Rev War Revelry” Nathanael Greene, Quartermaster
In March 1778, Major General Nathanael Greene finally consented to become the quartermaster for the Continental army then encamped at Valley Forge. He was loathe to give up his position as a line commander in charge of a division of … Continue reading
Posted in 2022 Bus Tour, Battlefields & Historic Places, Continental Leadership, Memory, Preservation
Tagged American Battlefield Trust, American Revolution, Dan Davis, Emerging Revolutionary War, George Washington, Phillip S. Greenwalt, Rev War Revelry, Rev War Roundtable with ERW, Valley Forge, Valley Forge National Historical Park
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2022 Symposium Speaker Spotlight: Kate Egner Gruber
We are happy to welcome Kate Egner Gruber to our Third Annual Symposium on the American Revolution, co-hosted with Gadsby’s Tavern Museum, The Lyceum and Emerging Revolutionary War. This year’s theme is “The World Turned Upside: The American Revolution’s Impact … Continue reading
Posted in 2022 Symposium, British Leadership, Civilian, Continental Leadership, Emerging Revolutionary War Symposium, Memory, Native American, Personalities, Politics, Revolutionary War
Tagged Emerging Revolutionary War, English Civil War, France, Glorious Revolution, Prussia, Russia, Yorktown
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Monmouth Monday: Lee Starts a War of Letters with Washington
Major General Charles Lee’s role in the battle of Monmouth Courthouse and his subsequent court-martial is perhaps one of the Revolutionary War’s most controversial subjects. His conduct during the battle on June 28, 1778 can be both ridiculed and praised. … Continue reading
Americana Corner
Emerging Revolutionary War checks in with Tom Hand and Americana Corner. Here is what has has been published on that blog for the month of July. Ben Franklin Enters PoliticsJuly 26, 2022 Benjamin Franklin retired from an active role in his printing … Continue reading
‘Timely and Handsome’: Transformation of the Continental Army at Valley Forge (Virtual Event)
April 19th in American Revolutionary War history is usually remembered as the day the “shot heard around the world” happened in the towns of Lexington and Concord, Massachusetts. For the 2022 edition of that day, Emerging Revolutionary War invites you … Continue reading
Posted in 2022 Bus Tour, Battlefields & Historic Places, Continental Leadership, Emerging Revolutionary War, Northern Theater, Revolutionary War
Tagged American Revolution, American Revolutionary War, Emerging Revolutionary War, George Washington, Phillip S. Greenwalt, Valley Forge, Valley Forge National Historical Park, Valley Forge Park Alliance, Winter that Won the War
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Marquis de Lafayette, Virginia 1781
A few weeks back, you may have noticed a video on Emerging Revolutionary War’s Facebook page about the Marquis de Lafayette and his independent command during the spring and summer of 1781 in Virginia. Along with good pal, Dan Davis, … Continue reading
Posted in Continental Leadership, Emerging Revolutionary War, Memory, Revolutionary War, Southern Theater
Tagged 1781, American Revolution, Anthony Wayne, Emerging Revolutionary War, Fredericksburg, George Washington, Lord Charles Cornwallis, Marquis de Lafayette, Phillip S. Greenwalt, Virginia, Yorktown Campaign
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“It it with great reluctance, I trouble you on a subject.”
In the throes of the winter of 1778, spent at Valley Forge, General George Washington and his staff formulated a mountain of paperwork to multiple recipients of the American cause. On February 16, 1778, Alexander Hamilton composed a letter for … Continue reading
Posted in 2022 Bus Tour, Continental Congress, Continental Leadership, Emerging Revolutionary War, Memory, Northern Theater, Revolutionary War
Tagged 1777, 1778, American Revolution, Continental Congress, Emerging Revolutionary War, George Clinton, George Washington, Gouverneur Morris, Phillip S. Greenwalt, the winter that won the war, Valley Forge
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