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Tag Archives: Marquis de Lafayette
Uncovering the Continental Army in Morristown
Approximately one month ago, I took a temporary detail assignment to Morristown National Historical Park. The national park preserves the winter cantonments of the Continental Army during the American Revolution; including the harshest winter, weather-wise, of the entire war, in … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Campaigns, Common Soldier, Continental Leadership, Memory, Northern Theater, Revolutionary War
Tagged American Revolution, American Revolutionary War, Continental Army, Continental Encampment, George Washington, Marquis de Lafayette, Morristown, Morristown National Historical Park, National Park Service, New Jersey
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Three American Revolutionary War Luminaries
A few years ago I had the opportunity to visit Yorktown National Battlefield. This evening I was scrolling through my cache of American Revolution photos on an external hard drive, when I came across the picture below. A simple monument … Continue reading
ERW Weekender: Cornwallis House
In the quaint South Carolina town of Winnsboro, a few miles off of current Interstate-77 sites a two-story stands one of the oldest dwellings in a town founded by Richard Winn of Virginia a few years before the start of … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, British Leadership, Campaigns, Memory, Revolutionary War, Southern Theater
Tagged 1776, 1780, 1781, American Revolution, American Revolutionary War, John Buchanan, Lord Charles Cornwallis, Lord Cornwallis, Marquis de Lafayette, Mount Zion Institute, South Carolina, Southern Theater, Winnsboro
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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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Two Patriots: One Slave and One Free; James Armistead Lafayette and James Forten
Emerging Revolutionary War welcomes back guest historian Malanna Henderson Part One “It is not for their own land they fought, not even for a land which had adopted them, but for a land which had enslaved them, and whose laws, … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Memory, Slavery, Southern Theater
Tagged 1776, 1783, Abraham Lincoln, American Revolution, American Revolutionary War, Banastre Tarleton, Benedict Arnold, Benjamin Franklin, French, George Washington, James Armistead Lafayette, James Forten, Lord Charles Cornwallis, Marquis de Lafayette, Richmond, Siege of Yorktown, Slavery, Thomas Jefferson, Treaty of Paris, Virginia, Yorktown
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Winter, 1777
Part One, of a series on the importance of Valley Forge in the American Revolution On December 19, 1777, the Continental Army, under the command of General George Washington, marched into Valley Forge, Pennsylvania. Located approximately 20 miles from Philadelphia, … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Common Soldier, Continental Leadership, National Park Service, Northern Theater, Revolutionary War, Uncategorized
Tagged 1777, American Revolution, Continental Army, George Washington, James Varnum, Joseph Plumb Martin, Marquis de Lafayette, Memoir of a Revolutionary Soldier, Philadelphia, Valley Forge
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ERW Weekender: The Brandywine Battlefield: A History & Visiting the Field
Emerging Revolutionary War and Revolutionary War Wednesday is pleased to welcome guest historian and author Michael C. Harris this week. The Battle of Brandywine was fought on September 11, 1777. Visiting the battlefield to commemorate what took place there … Continue reading
Posted in Arms & Armaments, Battlefields & Historic Places, Revolutionary War
Tagged 1777, Battle of Brandywine, Brandywine, Brandywine: A Military History of the Battle that Lost Philadelphia but Saved America, George Washington, John Chads House, Marquis de Lafayette, Michael C. Harris, National Historic Landmark, Savas Beatie LLC, September 11
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