Tag Archives: George Washington
Review: The Ghost Ship of Brooklyn, An Untold Story of the American Revolution by Robert P. Watson
Andersonville. Bataan. Auschwitz. All conjure up images of disillusion, devastation, and death. All are infamously known as harsh prisoner-of-war camps. When those words are read, images flash through your mind and memory of hollow faces attached to gaunt bodies staring … Continue reading
Preserve Washington’s Legacy
If you follow Campaign 1776, the initiative by our friends at Civil War Trust, you are familiar with the saga over the Princeton Battlefield. Now you have a chance to help as well.
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Campaigns, Memory, Northern Theater, Personalities, Preservation, Revolutionary War
Tagged American Revolution, American Revolutionary War, Battle of Princeton, Campaign 1776, Civil War Trust, George Washington, Jim Lighthizer, John Trumbull, Preservation, Princeton Battlefield, Yale University
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“Old Ironsides” To Set Sail Again!
Happen to be around Boston this weekend? Or live within traveling distance? Check out the special event happening this weekend from Sunday, July 23rd through Monday, July 24th at the U.S.S. Constitution Museum and Charlestown Navy Yard. The U.S.S. Constitution, the … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Monuments, National Park Service, Navy, Revolutionary War
Tagged Boston, Charlestown Navy Yard, Continental Navy, Facebook, George Washington, National Park Service, National Parks of Boston, Navy, Old Ironsides, U.S. Navy, U.S.S. Constitution, U.S.S. Constitution Museum
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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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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
ERW Weekender: Museum of the American Revolution
On April 19, 2017, symbolic in American Revolutionary War history, the Museum of the American Revolution opened in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The weekend before, I had the chance, to get a “sneak peak” of the new museum. I left thoroughly impressed … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Memory, Revolutionary War
Tagged American Revolution, American Revolutionary War, British, Concord, Crossing of the Delaware, Crossing the Delaware, Declaration of Independence, George Washington, Hessians, Liberty Tree, Museum of the American Revolution, Native Americans, North Bridge, Oneida, Oneida Native Americans, Oneida Tribe, Philadelphia, USA
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“The Pox and the Covenant: The Curious History of Science and Religion in Colonial Boston”
Looking for something to do midweek? Enjoy a Wednesday night at Shenandoah University and learn about an aspect of early American history. If in the lower Shenandoah Valley or can make the trek, join Shenandoah University’s History Fellows in welcoming … Continue reading
Posted in Civilian, Memory, Revolutionary War
Tagged Bill of Rights, Bill of Rights Institute, Charlottesville, Emerging Revolutionary War, George Washington, James Madison, Jonathan Noyalas, Shenandoah University, Shenandoah University's History Fellows, Shenandoah Valley, Thomas Jefferson, Virginia
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