American Revolution

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• SOURCE: New York Times
  11/1/19
  

  244-Year-Old Rifle Stolen Decades Ago Is Returned to Museum

  The Johann Christian Oerter rifle, taken from Valley Forge State Park in 1971, will go on display at the Museum of the American Revolution in Philadelphia.

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• SOURCE: The New York Times
  November 1, 2019
  

  The Evil Repercussions of the American Revolution

  A review of Matthew Lockwood's book "To begin the world all over again: how the American Revolution devestated the globe". 

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• SOURCE: NPR
  7/4/2019
  

  NPR's Cokie Roberts and Rachel Martin Answer Listener Questions About Women And American Independence

  Cokie Roberts answers listener questions and talks with NPR's Rachel Martin about the role women played in America's fight for independence from Great Britain.

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• SOURCE: Baltimore Post Examiner
  6/9/2019
  

  The hidden history of the conspiracy to kill General George Washington brought to light

  Authors Brad Meltzer and Josh Mensch offer insight into a little known chapter in the saga of America’s finest son.

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• SOURCE: WHYY
  6/1/2019
  

  American Revolution libraries to merge into one historical powerhouse

  Once in Philadelphia, the David Library will become the David Center for the American Revolution at the American Philosophical Society.

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• SOURCE: Voice of America
  1/11/19
  

  Historian Susan Schulten on How Maps Provide a Special View of American History

  Early maps helped establish a national identity and loyalty for the United States in its early days.

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• 1/13/19
  

  A Tyrant's Temper Tantrum

  by Ed Simon

  How the History of England's 17th Century Civil War, the American Revolution, and the American Civil War Shows the Shutdown's Potential to Spur Radical Change

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• 6/24/18
  

  Where Are the Moderates?

  by Joyce Lee Malcolm

  In tumultuous times like these, they have trouble gaining traction, as this example from the American Revolution shows.

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• 4/1/18
  

  You Remember the American Victory at Cowpens, Don’t You?

  by Jim Stempel

  Probably not. (It was in the American Revolution.) But here’s why you should. It was a key to the victory at Yorktown.

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• 11-3-17
  

  We’ve Been Missing This One Key Fact About General George Washington

  by Thomas Fleming

  What made him a great leader in the Revolution was his willingness to change strategy mid-way through the war.

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• 8-31-17
  

  Whatever Your Thoughts About Robert E. Lee, You're Bound to Admire His Ancestor, Richard Henry Lee

  by Harlow Giles Unger

  He was the First Founding Father – and he believed blacks deserved to be free.

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• SOURCE: The Washington Post
  7-19-17
  

  Why the second American Revolution deserves as much attention as the first

  by Gregory P. Downs

  It is not hard to see why people celebrate Independence Day and forget the period of Reconstruction after the Civil War, even though that period was, in many respects, a Second Founding that re-created the republic and the Constitution.

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• 7-2-17
  

  Why We Remember Nathan Hale (And Nobody’s Heard of Moses Dunbar)

  by Virginia DeJohn Anderson

  What, you don’t know who Moses Dunbar was? There’s a reason for that.

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• SOURCE: PennLive
  4-19-17
  

  Museum of the American Revolution opens: 'It's high time we had a museum such as this'

  The museum not only tells the story of the war, but of the events that led up to and followed it. It attempts to engage visitors, making them question what they would do in the shoes of those in the past.

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• SOURCE: The Virginia Gazette
  11-30-16
  

  Yorktown's American Revolution Museum integrates cutting-edge technology

  "They get to not just see it happen, they get to be a part of it happening," Media Project Manager Heather Hower said.

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• 11-27-16
  

  What We Can Learn When an Archaeologist Writes a History of the Turning Point in the American Revolution

  by Dean Snow

  In “1777” he tells the story of the Battle of Saratoga.

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• 10-15-16
  

  George Washington, America’s First Spymaster? Yes, Indeed.

  by John A. Nagy

  Concerned about spies from the beginning of the war, his policy was to feed them false information.

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• 11-20-16
  

  The Real Reason for the Declaration of Independence

  by Larrie D. Ferreiro

  It was expressly designed to signal to France and Spain that the Americans no longer considered themselves British subjects.

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• SOURCE: The Daily Beast
  7-4-16
  

  The Secret Black History of the Revolution

  by Alan Gilbert

  As we know all too well, the Revolutionary War was not fought so that all men could be free, but its role in creating the seeds of abolition should not be forgotten.

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• 5-29-16
  

  Why Is New York Missing a Golden Opportunity to Draw Attention to Its Role in the Revolutionary War?

  by Bruce W. Dearstyne

  MC’s historical drama, TURN, is set in New York, but Virginia is grabbing all the attention. What gives?