Tag Archives: Philadelphia
“Rev War Revelry” The Importance of Germantown
On October 4, 1777, General George Washington’s Continental Army struck the British outpost at Germantown, Pennsylvania. Less than a month after the Battle of Brandywine and approximately a week after the loss of their capital, Philadelphia. Initially successful, Washington’s forces … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, British Leadership, Campaigns, Continental Leadership, Emerging Revolutionary War, Memory, Revolutionary War
Tagged American Independence, American Revolution, American Revolutionary War, Battle of Germantown, Battle of Saratoga, Emerging Revolutionary War, French, Michael C. Harris, Philadelphia, Rev War Revelry, Rev War Roundtable with ERW
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Review: Founding Martyr, The Life and Death of Dr. Joseph Warren, the American Revolution’s Lost Hero by Christian Di Spigna
Doctor. Major General. President of the Provincial Congress. Author of political tracts. A true patriot. Forgotten. All these words, plus many more, are titles that depict the life of Dr. Joseph Warren. However, the last term is most synonymous with … Continue reading
Posted in Book Review, Emerging Revolutionary War, Memory
Tagged 1775, Abigail Adams, Battle of Bunker Hill, Christian Di Spigna, Committee of Corresspondence, Committee of Safety, Continental Congress, Dr. Joseph Warren, Emerging Revolutionary War, Founding Fathers, Founding Martyr, John Adams, John Hancock, Massachusetts, Philadelphia, Samuel Adams, Suffolk Resolves
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On this date in….1776
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
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Press Release: US Founding Father may have contributed to forgotten ship wreck – study
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
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The Battle of the Kegs (January 5th, 1778)
The Philadelphia Campaign did not end well for the Continental Army after three separate defeats at Brandywine, Paoli, and Germantown followed by the British occupation of the new nation’s capital. Among other things, however, it would produce an amusing … Continue reading
Summer Lecture on Summer of 1787
This past July I had the pleasure to attend and present at the American Battlefield Trust Teacher Institute. One of the keynote speakers was David O. Steward, the author of Summer of 1787: The Men Who Invented the Constitution. During his talk, there were … Continue reading
Posted in Book Review, Constitutional Convention, Emerging Revolutionary War, Memory, Personalities
Tagged American Battlefield Trust, Constitution, David O. Stewart, George Washington, Gouverneur Morris, James Wilson, John Rutledge, Philadelphia, Signers of the U.S. Constitution, Summer of 1787, U.S. Constitution
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General Edward Hand: The Squaw Campaign
Emerging Revolutionary War welcomes guest historian Eric Sterner. In February 1778, Brigadier General Edward Hand, commanding Continental forces at Fort Pitt on the American frontier, launched what may be one of the oddest campaigns of the American Revolution, more famous … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battles, Campaigns, Memory, Personalities, Revolutionary War
Tagged 1774, 1782, 18th Royal Irish Regiment, American Revolutionary War, Edward Hand, Ireland, militia, Native Americans, Ohio, Ohio River, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Revolutionary War, Squaw Campaign, Wyandot
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Fight for Osborne Hill
From a Pennsylvania State Historical Commission marker, one quickly can find out the importance of Osborne Hill to the Battle of Brandywine, fought on September 11, 1777. The hillside was the site of British General William Howe’s post in which … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Northern Theater, Preservation, Revolutionary War
Tagged 1777, Battle of Brandywine, Campaign 1776, Civil War Trust, George Washington, hmdb.org, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania State Historical Marker, Philadelphia, September 11, William Howe
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The Battle of Groton Heights, September 6, 1781: The Fort Griswold Massacre
Part Three Click here for parts one and two. With British soldiers pouring into the fort, Colonel Ledyard ordered a ceasefire, and prepared to surrender Fort Griswold to the victorious British. However, the British disregarded the ceasefire and continuing pouring … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, British Leadership, Campaigns, Common Soldier, Continental Leadership, Memory, Militia (Patriot) Leadership, Monuments, Northern Theater, Personalities, Photography, Preservation, Revolutionary War
Tagged American Revolution, American Revolutionary War, Battle of Groton Heights, Benedict Arnold, British, Bunker Hill, Connecticut State Parks, Continental, Eric D. Lehman, Eric Wittenberg, Fort Griswold, General Henry Clinton, Lambo Latham, Lord Charles Cornwallis, Major Stephen Bromfield, militia, New London, Philadelphia, Wesleyan University Press, William Ledyard, Yorktown
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