Category Archives: Northern Theater
ERW Weekender: Bunker Hill Monument & Museum
Emerging Revolutionary War welcomes back guest historian Katie Turner Getty. Towering over Charlestown, Massachusetts, its foundation set in sacred battleground soil, the Bunker Hill Monument is a 221 foot obelisk commemorating the Battle of Bunker Hill. The cornerstone of the … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, British Leadership, Campaigns, Common Soldier, Memory, Monuments, National Park Service, Northern Theater, Preservation, Revolutionary War
Tagged 1775, Boston, Boston National Historical Park, Bunker Hill, Bunker Hill Monument, Charlestown, ERW Weekender, Freedom Trail, General Joseph Warren, Katie Turner Getty, Marquis de Lafayette, Massachusetts, National Park Service, Patriots, Paul Revere, Siege of Boston, William Dawes
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Ankle Deep In Blood: The Jason Russell House
Emerging Revolutionary War is honored to welcome back historian Katie Turner Getty. Biography of Ms. Getty is below the post. On April 19, 1775, the placid farm of fifty-eight-year-old Jason Russell of Menotomy erupted into carnage when he, along with … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, British Leadership, Campaigns, Common Soldier, Memory, Militia (Patriot) Leadership, Minute Men, Monuments, Northern Theater, Revolutionary War, Uncategorized
Tagged 1775, April 19, Arlington, Arlington Historical Society, Battle Road, British, Danvers, Elizabeth Russell, Jason Russell House, Katie Turner Getty, Lexington and Concord, Massachusetts, Menotomy, Ruth Linnell Berry
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Review: Brandywine, A Military History of the Battle that Lost Philadelphia but Saved America, September 11, 1777 by Michael C. Harris
In southeast Pennsylvania on September 11, 1777, the largest battle, by number of combatants, was fought between the British forces under Lord General William Howe and the Continental and militia forces under General George Washington. After the day long engagement, … Continue reading
Lexington, 242 years later
Lexington Green 242 years later, the question still remains…. Who fired first?
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, British Leadership, Campaigns, Memory, Militia (Patriot) Leadership, Minute Men, Monuments, Northern Theater, Revolutionary War
Tagged Battle of Lexington, Battles of Lexington and Concord, British, British Army, Lexington, Lexington and Concord, Lexington Green, militia, Minutemen
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#Alarmed
A special thanks to Stacey Fraser at the Lexington Historical Society for the update on the new exhibit described below. If one asked what a buzzword for 21st century communication would be today, what would be your answer? Text? Tweet? … Continue reading
Posted in Memory, Militia (Patriot) Leadership, Minute Men, Northern Theater, Revolutionary War
Tagged American Revolution, Buckman Tavern, J.L. Bell, Lexington, Lexington and Concord, Lexington Historical Society, Massachusetts Society of Cincinnati, Revolution, social media, Society of Cincinnati
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The Epic Tarring and Feathering of John Malcom
Emerging Revolutionary War is honored to welcome back historian Katie Turner Getty. “Mr. Malcom, I hope you are not going to strike this boy with that stick.”[1] The speaker was 31-year-old Boston shoemaker and Tea Party participant, George Robert Twelves … Continue reading
Groveland Ambuscade Park marks the scene of a gruesome episode of war
Emerging Revolutionary War is honored to welcome guest historian Derek Maxfield as the author of this post. A biography of Mr. Maxfield is at the end. A trek to Conesus, NY, to pay my respects to Capt. Daniel Shays – … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Continental Leadership, Monuments, Northern Theater, Revolutionary War
Tagged 1779, Captain Daniel Shays, Chief Joseph Brant, Derek Maxfield, George Washington, Groveland Ambuscade Park and Monument, Iroquois, Iroquois Confederation, John Sullivan, Livingston County Historical Society, Thomas Boyd, Union Cemetery Conesus
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