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American Revolution

Beacon on the Hudson: A Podcast

March 31, 2023 by Bob Cudmore Leave a Comment

In Dutchess County on the east shore of the Hudson River, Beacon is 60 miles north of New York City. The name derives from signal fires built to alert George Washington’s army across the river in Newburgh of British troop movements during the Revolutionary War. [Read more…] about Beacon on the Hudson: A Podcast

Filed Under: History, Hudson Valley - Catskills Tagged With: American Revolution, Beacon, Beacon Historical Society, Dutchess County, Hudson River, Podcasts

Hessians: German Soldiers in the American Revolutionary War

March 30, 2023 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

hessians bookThe book Hessians: German Soldiers in the American Revolutionary War (Oxford University Press, 2022) by Friederike Baer takes a look at the thirty thousand German soldiers that Great Britain hired to fight in its war against the American rebels between 1776 and 1783.

Collectively known as Hessians, the soldiers and accompanying civilians, including hundreds of women and children, spent extended periods of time in locations as dispersed and varied as Canada in the North and West Florida in the South. [Read more…] about Hessians: German Soldiers in the American Revolutionary War

Filed Under: Books, Capital-Saratoga, Events, History Tagged With: American Revolution, Fraunces Tavern Museum, German-American History, Hessians, Military History

Liberty and Slavery in the Birth of a Nation, 1765-1795

March 20, 2023 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

american inheritanceLeaders of the founding of the United States who called for American liberty are scrutinized for enslaving Black people themselves: George Washington consistently refused to recognize the freedom of those who escaped his Mount Vernon plantation. And we have long needed a history of the founding that fully includes Black Americans in the Revolutionary protests, the war, and the debates over slavery and freedom that followed. [Read more…] about Liberty and Slavery in the Birth of a Nation, 1765-1795

Filed Under: Books, History, New York City Tagged With: Abolition, American Revolution, Atlantic World, Black History, George Washington, Political History, Slavery

Battlefield to Stage: The Lives of John Burgoyne

March 16, 2023 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

From the Battlefield to the StageThe new book From the Battlefield to the Stage: The Many Lives of General John Burgoyne (McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2023) by Norman S. Poser provides a rounded biography, covering not only the Saratoga campaign but also elements of General John Burgoyne’s eventful life that have never been adequately explored. [Read more…] about Battlefield to Stage: The Lives of John Burgoyne

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Arts, Books, Capital-Saratoga, History Tagged With: American Revolution, Battle of Saratoga, Fort Edward, Fort Ticonderoga, Lake Champlain, Military History, Performing Arts, Theatre

The Green Mountain Boys & The Evolution of Vermont’s State Flag

March 15, 2023 by Guest Contributor Leave a Comment

Green Mountain Boys flagIf you walk into the Vermont Historical Society’s museum in Montpelier, you’ll a flag hanging from the wall behind the admission desk: the blue and green Green Mountain Boys flag.

It’s a flag that’s been wrapped up with a hefty dose of legend and mythology. [Read more…] about The Green Mountain Boys & The Evolution of Vermont’s State Flag

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Capital-Saratoga, History Tagged With: American Revolution, Battle of Bennington, Bennington Museum, Ethan Allen, flags, Folklore, Fort Ticonderoga, Green Mountain Boys, Hoosick, John Stark, Material Culture, Military History, New Hampshire Grants, Rensselaer County, Seth Warner, Vermont, Vermont Historical Society, Walloomsac River

The Anniversary of the State of Vermont

March 14, 2023 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

seal of VermontOn March 4th, the State of Vermont celebrated its 232nd birthday. March 4th, 1791 is the formal start of what we now know of as Vermont: the 14th state in the union, with a continuity that has withstood the last two centuries. But the idea of Vermont had its own torturous birth in 1777, the result of land grants from the colonies of New Hampshire and New York, and those settlers making those lands their own.  [Read more…] about The Anniversary of the State of Vermont

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Capital-Saratoga, History Tagged With: American Revolution, Green Mountain Boys, Lake Champlain, New France, New Hampshire Grants, Vermont, Washington County

Madison’s Militia: The Hidden History of the Second Amendment

March 9, 2023 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Madison's MilitiaThe new book Madison’s Militia: The Hidden History of the Second Amendment (Oxford Univ. Press, 2023) by Carl Bogus is an engaging history overturning the conventional wisdom about the Second Amendment – showing that the right to bear arms was not about protecting liberty but about preserving slavery. [Read more…] about Madison’s Militia: The Hidden History of the Second Amendment

Filed Under: Books, History Tagged With: American Revolution, Bill of Rights, James Madison, Legal History, Political History, Slavery, Virginia History

James Forten and the Making of the United States

March 8, 2023 by Liz Covart Leave a Comment

ben franklins world podcastIn this episode of Ben Franklin’s World, Matthew Skic, a Curator of Exhibitions at the Museum of the American Revolution in Philadelphia, joins Liz to explore the life and deeds of James Forten, with details from the museum’s new exhibit, Black Founders: The Forten Family of Philadelphia. [Read more…] about James Forten and the Making of the United States

Filed Under: History Tagged With: Abolition, American Revolution, Black History, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Podcasts, Political History

Long Island’s Culper Spy Ring History

March 5, 2023 by Chris Kretz 1 Comment

long island history project logoThe Long Island History Project podcast welcomes back former Newsday reporter Bill Bleyer. Bill is an author and historian with a number of Long Island-related history books to his credit and today we dive into his work on the Culper Spy Ring. [Read more…] about Long Island’s Culper Spy Ring History

Filed Under: History, New York City Tagged With: American Revolution, Culper Spy Ring, Long Island, Podcasts

The Mystery of Joseph Brant’s Watch

February 28, 2023 by Dave Waite 1 Comment

Evening journal (Wilmington, Del.), 1888-07-14, [p ] There was a story that had been passed down in the Minthorn family for generations. It told of how an ancestor had hidden her two infants under the roots of a tree to save them during the Revolutionary War attack on Cherry Valley, NY, in 1778. It was said that in her zeal to quiet her children, the youngsters were rendered unconscious, being revived only after the attackers had departed.

While this story is most likely fiction, there is some truth mixed in. [Read more…] about The Mystery of Joseph Brant’s Watch

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, History, Mohawk Valley, Western NY Tagged With: American Revolution, Canada, Cherry Valley, Genealogy, Haudenosaunee, Indigenous History, Iroquois, Jefferson County, Jefferson County Historical Society, Joseph Brant, Loyalism, Mabee Farm Historic Site, Material Culture, Mohawk, Montgomery County, Ontario, Otsego County, Schoharie Valley, watertown, William Johnson

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