Tag Archives: Virginia
The Journal of Nicholas Cresswell, Part 5
Escape from America Finally, in the spring of 1777, Cresswell again decided to try returning to England. Thomson Mason, who had already intervened with two Committees of Safety to protect the Englishman, offered to help with Virginia authorities once more, … Continue reading
Posted in Civilian, Personalities, Uncategorized
Tagged Committee of Safety, General Howe, Loyalist, Nicholas Cresswell, Patrick Henry, Tory, Virginia
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The Journal of Nicholas Cresswell, Part 4
A Loyalist under House Arrest Having failed to reach the British Army in New York, Cresswell spent a miserable autumn and winter of 1776/1777 in northern Virginia, often arguing with his host, James Kirk, a Patriot and the only man … Continue reading
Posted in Civilian, Personalities, Uncategorized
Tagged Committee of Safety, Homefront, Loyalist, Nicholas Cresswell, Tory, Virginia, Wartime Shortage
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The 245th Anniversary of "Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death"
On this date, in 1775, Virginian Patrick Henry, a delegate to the Second Virginia Convention from Hanover County, Virginia sat in on the ongoing debate at St. John’s Episcopal Church in Richmond, Virginia. The 28-year old then stood to give … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Continental Leadership, Emerging Revolutionary War, Memory, Personalities, Politics, Revolutionary War
Tagged 1775, 1776, COVID-19, Emerging Revolutionary War, Give Me Liberty of Give Me Death, Lord Dun, Patrick Henry, Phillip S. Greenwalt, Richmond, Second Continental Congress, St. John's Church, Virginia, Williamsburg
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March Presentations
Emerging Revolutionary War (ERW) would like to highlight from time to time some of the lectures, presentations, talks, and events that our historians are apart of. This month, ERW historians are giving the following presentations: Bert Dunkerly March 27th: “The … Continue reading
George Washington’s Birthday Celebration
During George Washington’s lifetime and maybe because he was such a great man, he had two birthdays beginning in the 1750’s. Born under the Julian calendar, George was born on February 11, 1731/32. When the English Parliament decreed in 1750 … Continue reading
McColloch’s Leap
“By no means comparable with the feats of a similar character” and “performed an act of daring” and “nay, desperate horsemanship” and “seldom been equaled by man or beast.” All these describe the amazing escape of Major Samuel McColloch in … Continue reading
Posted in Common Soldier, Emerging Revolutionary War, Memory, Militia (Patriot) Leadership, Monuments, Native American, Uncategorized, Western Frontier
Tagged 1774, 1777, Emerging Revolutionary War, Fort Henry, Lord Dunmore, Major Samuel McColloch, Native Americans, Patrick Henry, Phillip S. Greenwalt, Virginia, West Virginia, Wheeling
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