Posted on March 21, 2022 10:00 am
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by Tom Clavin
Previously, I discussed Simon Kenton, friend to Daniel Boone and fellow legendary frontiersman. Today, it’s the turn of Daniel Morgan, another one of the colorful, larger-than-life characters to be found in Blood and Treasure: Daniel Boone … Read the article
Posted on March 11, 2022 9:03 am
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by Tom Clavin
One of the more important figures in the Revolutionary War was Simon Kenton. What, you’ve never heard of him? He happens to be one of the especially intriguing characters in Blood and Treasure: Daniel Boone and the Fight … Read the article
Posted on March 3, 2022 9:42 am
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by Tom Clavin
March 5th is the anniversary of what became known as the “Boston Massacre.” While that title is familiar to many Americans, the event may not have gotten its due over the years, perhaps because there was a … Read the article
Posted on November 16, 2020 3:09 pm
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From the unbreakable family bonds and funding that fueled the War to the treacherous murder plots and extreme starvation in the Continental Army, here are five books about the American Revolution you might have missed.… Read the article
Posted on March 31, 2020 2:45 pm
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by Nina Sankovitch
In the following excerpt from American Rebels, Nina Sankovitch discusses the education of John Hancock and John Adams from childhood schoolhouses and tutors to Harvard. … Read the article
Posted on March 24, 2020 12:30 pm
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by Nina Sankovitch
Taxes, duties, and the stationing of troops to enforce payment of both were all causes of the American rebellion against the British. But not the only causes. … Read the article
Posted on February 22, 2019 4:12 pm
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by Tom Clavin
Some people think there was a Battle of Valley Forge. There could well have been, because 2,000 American soldiers died there. Or what we know about Valley Forge is an illustration we saw in middle-school Social Studies … Read the article
Posted on September 21, 2017 2:23 pm
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by Bill O’Reilly
Valley Forge, Pennsylvania
February 16, 1778
Mid-morning
George Washington’s army is desperate.
It has been a miserable winter, with rebel troops camped just eighteen miles away from the British Army, which is comfortably housed in Philadelphia. While … Read the article
Posted on September 14, 2017 2:00 pm
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by Tom Shachtman
In Paris for Bastille Day, President Donald Trump said, “France is America’s oldest ally. A lot of people don’t know that,” and added, “France helped us secure our independence, a lot of people forget.”
My new book, … Read the article
Posted on June 22, 2017 2:34 pm
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By Willard Sterne Randall
The War of 1812, often called “the forgotten conflict,” is probably the least understood American war. Just as frequently, it is described as the Second War of American Independence. This is because of a persistent fallacy … Read the article