Category Archives: Preservation

“Rev War Revelry” Emerging Revolutionary War Meets Sons of History

Posted on November 12, 2020 by erwpost

Join Emerging Revolutionary War this Sunday as we discuss the role of digital history in 2020 with another public history group: the Sons of History. The Sons of History describe their concept via their website as: “Literally, we are just … Continue reading →

Posted in Emerging Revolutionary War, Memory, Personalities, Preservation, Revolutionary War, Social History | Tagged American Revolution, Emerging Revolutionary War, Rev War Revelry, Rev War Roundtable with ERW, Sons of History | Leave a comment

History of the Horn Work and the Siege of Charleston

Posted on November 1, 2020 by erwpost

Press Release from our friends at American Battlefield Trust and their Liberty Trail Initiative In 1757, during the French and Indian War, Lieutenant Emanuel Hess, a Swiss engineer serving in the British 60th Regiment of Foot, designed a series of … Continue reading →

Posted in Emerging Revolutionary War, Memory, Preservation, Revolutionary War | Tagged American Battlefield Trust, American Revolution, Catherine Noyes, Charleston, Emerging Revolutionary War, Liberty Trail, South Carolina | 1 Comment

ERW Annual Fall Trip Takes on Yorktown, Great Bridge and Williamsburg

Posted on October 7, 2020 by Rob Orrison

Every year the historians of Emerging Revolutionary War take a fall trip to research, visit Revolutionary War sites/battlefields and to promote our museum partners and preservation. The trip usually is a follow up to our Annual Symposium, but with the … Continue reading →

Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Campaigns, Emerging Revolutionary War, Emerging Revolutionary War Series, ERW Weekender, Memory, Monuments, National Park Service, Preservation, Uncategorized | 1 Comment

ERW Statement

Posted on June 20, 2020 by erwpost

With the recent events facing our nation, American Revolutionary War monuments and memorials have an important role in demonstrating pride in our shared past and the highest ideals we value. Statues and monuments to the leaders and participants of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Emerging Revolutionary War, Memory, Preservation, Revolutionary War | Tagged 250th American Revolution, Baron Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben, Benjamin Franklin, Emerging Revolutionary War, George Washington, Thaddeus Kosciuszko, Washington DC | 4 Comments

History after a Pandemic

Posted on May 22, 2020 by Eric Sterner

The odds are good that you haven’t been able to visit some of your favorite Revolutionary War sites during the Covid-19 pandemic. Many of these locations rely on foot traffic for their annual income and may be struggling to stay … Continue reading →

Posted in ERW Weekender, Memory, Monuments, Preservation, Uncategorized | Tagged Alexandria, Carlyle House, Fort Laurens, Historic Sites, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Revolutionary War Museums, South Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia | 1 Comment

Saving 1862 Battlefield Land But Really Saving Land From the Siege of Yorktown

Posted on May 6, 2020 by erwpost

Emerging Revolutionary War would like to thank Drew Gruber, for bringing this connection to our attention. During the May 5th, 1862 Battle of Williamsburg as Confederate soldiers ran down into what would be called the bloody ravine they ran headlong … Continue reading →

Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Emerging Revolutionary War, Memory, Preservation, Revolutionary War | Tagged American Battlefield Trust, Battle of Williamsburg, Colonial Williamsburg, Drew Gruber, Emerging Revolutionary War, Mulhenburg, Siege of Yorktown, Virginia, Williamsburg, Williamsburg Battlefield Association | Leave a comment

March Presentations

Posted on March 11, 2020 by erwpost

Emerging Revolutionary War (ERW) would like to highlight from time to time some of the lectures, presentations, talks, and events that our historians are apart of. This month, ERW historians are giving the following presentations: Bert Dunkerly March 27th: “The … Continue reading →

Posted in Emerging Revolutionary War, Preservation, Revolutionary War, Women | Tagged Bert Dunkerly, Emerging Revolutionary War, Kate Gruber, Lord Dunmore, Richmond, Travis Shaw, Virginia | Leave a comment

War on the Pennsylvania Frontier: Part 2 of 5: Captain Phillips Monument

Posted on December 2, 2019 by Bert Dunkerly

Along the wooded ridges of central Pennsylvania, a brutal war raged that was far removed from the orderly movements of large armies in the east. The attack on Phillip’s Rangers is a good example of this warfare. Native Americans, supplied … Continue reading →

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ERW in the Hudson Valley: 4th Annual ERW Trip

Posted on November 18, 2019 by Rob Orrison

Just over two weeks ago, ERW historians Billy Griffith, Phillip Greenwalt, Mark Maloy, Rob Orrison and Kevin Pawlak took a long weekend trip up to upstate New York. This was the fourth year that ERW authors have gotten together to take … Continue reading →

Posted in African-American, Armies, Arms & Armaments, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Campaigns, Civilian, Common Soldier, French and Indian War, Memory, Monuments, National Park Service, Northern Theater, Photography, Preservation, Revolutionary War, Uncategorized, Weapons | Tagged Albany, battle of bennington, battle of hubbardton, Fort Ticonderoga, Horatio Gates, Jane McCrae, john burgoyne, Lake George, Newburgh, saratoga, Saratoga National Historical Park, Stony Point | Leave a comment

Using the King’s Highway to Trap a King’s Army

Posted on October 20, 2019 by Phill Greenwalt

A few weeks ago, heading to the airport after the first Emerging Revolutionary War symposium, fellow ERW historian Rob Orrison made a pit stop in a residential neighborhood in Prince William County, Virginia. To the average traveler to the Ronald … Continue reading →

Posted in Common Soldier, Emerging Revolutionary War, Memory, Preservation, Revolutionary War | Tagged 1781, comte de Rochambeau, Emerging Revolutionary War, George Washington, King George III, King Louis XVI, Lord Charles Cornwallis, Phillip S. Greenwalt, Prince William County, Robert Orrison, Siege of Yorktown, Virginia | 1 Comment