Tag Archives: Paris
Another American in Paris
So, vacation time rolls around again and this year my family and I had an opportunity to travel to Paris, France for a few days. Riding into the city from Charles de Gaulle Airport, our taxi driver, by chance, took … Continue reading
Posted in Continental Congress, Continental Leadership, Memory, Personalities, Politics, Revolutionary War
Tagged American Revolution, American Revolutionary War, Benjamin Franklin, Benjamin West, British, Emerging Revolutionary War, France, Franco-American, French, Hotel D'York, John Adams, John Jay, Paris, Richard Oswald, Treaty of Paris
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The Brush of John Trumbull
Emerging Revolutionary War welcomes back guest historian Michael Aubrecht John Trumbull’s paintings represent some of the most familiar depictions from the time of the American Revolution. Trumbull was a graduate of Harvard University and the gifted son of the Governor … Continue reading
Posted in Campaigns, Continental Congress, Continental Leadership, Memory, Monuments, National Park Service, Northern Theater, Personalities, Preservation, Revolutionary War
Tagged Alexander Hamilton, American Academy of the Fine Arts, Battle of Quebec, Bunker Hill, Declaration of Independence, General Joseph Warren, General Montgomery, George Washington, Harvard University, John Adams, John Trumbull, London, painting, Paris, Surrender of Lord Cornwallis, Yale University, Yorktown
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