BOOK REVIEW: When the Declaration of Independence Was News by Emily Sneff. (Oxford University Press, 2026) $29.99 hardcover Most accounts of the Declaration of Independence focus on the events leading...

Regardless of your political views, I recommend this one-volume overview of the US Constitution and its history by Ilan Wurman. The University of Minnesota Professor invites debate and offers many rel...

Regardless of your political views, I recommend this one-volume overview of the US Constitution and its history by Ilan Wurman. The University of Minnesota Professor invites debate and offers many rel...

Regardless of your political views, I recommend this one-volume overview of the US Constitution and its history by Ilan Wurman. The University of Minnesota Professor invites debate and offers many rel...

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BOOK REVIEW: The Lost Founder: James Wilson and the Forgotten Fight for a People’s Constitution by Jesse Wegman (New York: Celadon Books, 2026) $30.00 hardcover  The Broadway play 1776 depicts James W...

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Kerri K. Greenidge appeared to lose her professorship at Tufts University after scholars began scrutinizing her 2022 book, “The Grimkes,” which is no longer listed on its publisher’s website.

A sculptor commemorates America's 250th birthday.

Join a discussion of everyday military life in the American Revolution. Discover how armies were structured, what soldiers ate, what camp followers endured.

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No, the Continental Congress did not first vote for independence on July 4, 1776. Seven weeks earlier, on May 15, Congress authorized the thirteen former colonies to adopt constitutions

This week our guest is author and JAR contributor Gene Procknow. Irish officer Apollos Morris was intent on stopping the American Revolution and had a foot in both worlds. For more information visit w...

Bell, Richard. The American Revolution and the Fate of the World. New York: Riverhead Books, 2025. Book Review Traditionally, the American Revolutionary War is depicted as a clash between American …

Ellis, Joseph J. The Great Contradiction: The Tragic Side of the American Founding. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2025. First Glance On the publication date of Revolutionary Era historian Joseph Ellis…

It was the bloodiest civilian massacre of the Ukraine war. Pictured for the first time, these officers commanded soldiers accused of rape, torture and execution

In one email, Peter Mandelson wrote to Jeffrey Epstein, "I think the world of you and I feel hopeless and furious about what has happened." In another note, he called Epstein his "best pal."

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As President Donald J. Trump sends National Guard troops to help reduce crime in the nation’s cities, lessons from Edmund Burke, a prominent conservative politician in Britain during the 18th-ce

A recent Microsoft study sent shockwaves with its rankings of threatened jobs. But some historians dismiss the idea, offering lessons for others.

BOOK REVIEW: Fighting for Philadelphia: Forts Mercer and Mifflin, the Battle of Whitemarsh, and the Road to Valley Forge, October 5-December 19, 1777 by Michael C. Harris (El Dorado Hills, CA: Savas B...

George Washington’s first major test of the Revolutionary War came in August 1775.

Book Review Davis, Michael A. Treason: The Trial of Abraham Hunt. Denver, CO: Independently Published, 2025. Typically, history books describe people of the Revolutionary Era as either Patriots or …

Book Review Chervinsky, Lindsay M. Making the Presidency: John Adams and the Precedents That Forged the Republic. New York, N.Y: Oxford University Press, 2024. Over the past thirty years, a bevy of…

A wealthy merchant with a penchant for luxury, the Founder with a famous signature contributed more to the revolution than his critics allowed.

A foremost authority on the American Revolution, Eugene Procknow is the author of a series of scholarly articles for the peer-reviewed Journal of the American Revolution. Speaking with Sunbury Pr...

On July Fourth, actor Kurt Russell visited a small museum in Massachusetts dedicated to his ancestor, who was killed by British soldiers 250 years ago.

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A statue of the first U.S. president stands prominently in London’s Trafalgar Square, but some Britons find it strange to honor a rebellious general alongside English kings.