Category Archives: Preservation

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 →

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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 | Leave a comment

Southside Revolutionary Virginia 1775 Tour – October 12, 2019

Posted on August 8, 2019 by erwpost

From our friends at the American Revolution Round Table of Richmond Tour Leader – Dr. Patrick H. (Pat) Hannum, Professor, Joint Forces Staff College, National Defense University, Lt Col USMC (Ret) This tour will visit three critically important Revolutionary War sites, … Continue reading →

Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Campaigns, Emerging Revolutionary War, Preservation, Revolutionary War | Tagged 1775, American Revolution, American Revolutionary War, American Revolutionary War Round Table of Richmond, Emerging Revolutionary War, Great Bridge Battle, Great Bridge Battlefield, Great Bridge Battlefield and Waterways History Foundation, Kemp's Landing, Lord Dunmore, Loyalist, Norfolk, St. Paul's, Virginia | Leave a comment

ERW Weekender: A Visit to Fort Stanwix

Posted on July 26, 2019 by Chris Mackowski

Fort Stanwix in Rome, New York, has plenty of history to offer, but it’s equally a success story of urban renewal. The fort’s original location was long swallowed up by the city’s expansion in the twentieth century, but it was … Continue reading →

Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, National Park Service, Preservation | Tagged battle of oriskany, Fort Stanwix, National Park Sevice, Oneida, Oneida Carrying Place, Rome New York | 1 Comment

On this date in….1776

Posted on July 2, 2019 by Phill Greenwalt

A few random musings on the importance of this date in American Revolutionary history… This day was the date that the assembled Second Continental Congress voted on the draft of a document that was Richard Henry Lee, a delegate from … Continue reading →

Posted in Continental Congress, Emerging Revolutionary War, Memory, National Park Service, Preservation | Tagged American Independence, Continental Army, Declaration of Independence, Emerging Revolutionary War, George Washington, Independence Day, Independence Hall, Independence National Historical Park, John Adams, July 2, July Fourth, Philadelphia, Phillip S. Greenwalt, Richard Henry Lee, Signers of the Declaration of Independence, Thomas McKean | Leave a comment

Press Release: US Founding Father may have contributed to forgotten ship wreck – study

Posted on June 30, 2019 by erwpost

Benjamin Franklin, one of the Founding Fathers of the United States, could have contributed to a forgotten shipwreck narrative, according to new research. Based on studies of Franklin’s early life as a printer, Dr Hazel Wilkinson claims there are clues … Continue reading →

Posted in Civilian, Emerging Revolutionary War, Memory, Navy, Personalities, Preservation, Revolutionary War | Tagged 1705, 1725, Benjamin Franklin, Emerging Revolutionary War, Founding Fathers, Hazel Wilkinson, North Carolina, Philadelphia, Richard Castelman, United States, University of Birmingham | Leave a comment