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Revolutionary War

Archaeologists Uncover Location Of Historic Revolutionary War Fort

AP | RUSS BYNUM | Posted 05.05.2013 | Politics
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SAVANNAH, Ga. -- Less than two months after British forces captured Savannah in December 1778, patriot militiamen scored a rare Revolutionary War vict...

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Where The Tea Party Gets Schooled

Salon | Posted 04.07.2013 | Politics
Read More: American Revolution, Williamsburg, Colonial Williamsburg, Revolutionary War, Williamsburg Virginia, Tea Party, Politics News

So I just got back from a family vacation at Colonial Williamsburg, the Virginia granddaddy of all American "living history" museums. (They hate the t...

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Washington's 'Oval Office' To Be Remade

AP | JOANN LOVIGLIO | Posted 03.31.2013 | Politics
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PHILADELPHIA — A large canvas tent that served as George Washington's home and command center during the Revolutionary War is being duplicated d...

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The Reluctant Traveler

Helen Davey | Posted 04.27.2013 | Comedy
Read More: Pan Am Flight Attendants, Captain John Smith, Genealogical History, Adventure, Golden Age of Travel, Mill Prison in England, " "Finding Your Roots, Revolutionary War, ancestry.com, Surrender of Cornwallis, Travel, "Who Do You Think You Are, Pan Am, Washington at Valley Forge, Comedy News
Helen Davey

I love a good story. I especially love a good story if it's true. And most of all, I love a good story if it's true, and it's about my family. History comes alive for me when I can imagine my own relatives living in different times and places, connected to me, and yet unknown in so many ways.

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George Washington Was A Friend Of Muslims

Craig Considine | Posted 04.20.2013 | Religion
Read More: Religion News, Mount Vernon, Religion and Politics, Muslim American Soldiers, Sultan Abdallah of Morocco, George Washington, Revolutionary War, Muslim Americans, Islam in America, Founding Fathers, Treaty of Marrakech, Sambo Anderson, Islam, Religion News
Craig Considine

Washington's tolerance of and friendships with Muslims may be a product of his adherence to the principles of Enlightenment, which emphasized a concern for human rights and freedom of choice

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PHOTOS: Fort Ticonderoga Presides Over New York's Lakes

Posted 11.05.2012 | Travel
Read More: American Revolution, Travel on the Road, Lake Champlain, Benedict Arnold, American History, Revolutionary War, Adirondacks, Ticonderoga, New York Travel, Ethan Allen, New York, Travel News

Fort Ticonderoga's panoramic view of Lake Champlain and Lake George is the happy byproduct of a century of murderous scheming. The fort was first c...

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The Conundrum of the Pendulum

Jeff Schweitzer | Posted 11.17.2012 | Politics
Read More: Mitt Romney, Tea Party, Conservatism, George Will, Revolutionary War, Liberalism, Barack Obama, Politics News
Jeff Schweitzer

The real danger of right-wing extremism today is not necessarily the medieval views advanced by party advocates.

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Breaking Bloody News of the American Revolution, 1775

Todd Andrlik | Posted 10.23.2012 | Media
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Todd Andrlik

We live in a time of constant debate and discussion about political and military media coverage. So, now is perhaps the best time to study media coverage of the American Revolution and the birth of the United States.

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Revolutionary Treasures Wait Patiently For A Place To Call Home

AP | JOANN LOVIGLIO | Posted 09.10.2012 | Home
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PHILADELPHIA — A nondescript building on a quiet street somewhere outside Philadelphia holds a secret stash of treasures that have been waiting ...

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War And America’s Civil Religion

Raymond Haberski, Jr. | Posted 09.01.2012 | Religion
Read More: Iraq War, Religion and Politics, Civil War, America, July 4th, Revolutionary War, War, Religion in America, Religion News
Raymond Haberski, Jr.

The American experience with war acts like a civil religion -- a way for Americans to affirm and assess national ideals for which generations have been called to give their last full measure of devotion. It is a glorious, dangerous, heroic, terrifying cross to bear.

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Rare Paul Revere Print Found

AP | Posted 06.12.2012 | Arts
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A rare engraved print created by Paul Revere has been found in a 19th century book at Brown University. A university preservation...

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At Frat House, Perry Commits Revolutionary War Gaffe

Posted 10.12.2011 | Politics
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Following Tuesday night's Republican presidential debate, Texas Governor Rick Perry stumbled in making remarks on the Revolutionary War, Carrie Dann a...

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Let Freedom Ring! Exploring the Freedom Trail

Zoe P. Strassfield | Posted 12.11.2011 | College
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Zoe P. Strassfield

Ever since we'd first learned about the Revolutionary War in fourth grade, I'd wanted to visit the sites where the events had occurred. So I showed up early, camera-in-hand, to visit the Freedom Trail, a very high priority on my "Must-See" list.

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History Can Still Matter in America

Kevin Bunkley | Posted 11.02.2011 | Politics
Read More: Bush Administration, Civil War, Revolutionary War, President Obama, George W. Bush, Donald Rumsfeld, Martin Luther King Jr., War on Terror, Great Society, Dick Cheney, Politics News
Kevin Bunkley

We're heading toward an environment where myth is repackaged as fact.

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Astoria Characters: The Caretaker of God's Garden

Nancy Ruhling | Posted 10.24.2011 | New York
Read More: Ruth Lawrence, Astoria, Germany, Bronx, Seance, Marines, King Richard the Lionheart, Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority, James Sheehan, Lawrence Cemetery, Calverton Cemetery, Revolutionary War, World War II, Navy, Hanau, Korean War, Brooklyn, New York School of Printing, Tombstone, Ireland, New York News
Nancy Ruhling

The weeds, the vines, they are the only things alive in this half-acre tombstone. James Sheehan has been trying to kill them off for decades, but they keep coming back.

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The Plight of Marco Sauceda

John W. Whitehead | Posted 09.26.2011 | Politics
Read More: Supreme Court, Texas, American Revolution, Marco Sauceda, Revolutionary War, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, SWAT Team, Fourth Amendment, Constitution, Politics News
John W. Whitehead

Too often, we elevate the events of the American Revolution to near-mythic status and forget that the real revolutionaries were people just like you and me.

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Spirit Of Independence: Best Books On Founding Fathers (And A Few Mothers Too)

Posted 09.03.2011 | Books
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Yes, we know the 4th of July is more about fireworks and picnics than the Revolutionary War, but we are, after all, celebrating American Independence....

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'God Of Liberty': The Role Of Religion In American Independence

Anil Mundra | Posted 09.01.2011 | Religion
Read More: God of Liberty, Thomas Paine, Independence Day, 4th of July, Revolutionary War, American Religious History, Founding Fathers, July 4, Founding Fathers Religion, American Revolution, Thomas Jefferson, Religion News
Anil Mundra

America has always been religious -- and also religiously diverse. The historical narrative suggests that it's this special combination to which the United States owes its existence.

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Michele Bachmann's First Official Campaign Speech?

Andy Ostroy | Posted 05.25.2011 | Comedy
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Andy Ostroy

What would Michele Bachmann's first major 2012 campaign speech look like once she officially announced her candidacy?

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Our Forgotten "Presidents"

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
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Chris Weigant

In between the Declaration of Independence and George Washington's inauguration, there were 16 (or perhaps 13, or maybe just eight) men who were called "president".

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George Washington vs. Barack Obama: A Question of Character

Carol Smaldino | Posted 05.25.2011 | Books
Read More: Demagoguery, Godon S. Wood, President Obama, Continental Congress, Revolutionary War, George Washington, Brown University, Compromise, Founding Fathers, Dictatorship, Monarchy, Barack Obama, Pulitzer Prize, Prostitution, Books News
Carol Smaldino

I still have a strange sense of hope for change, but it is not coming from Barack Obama. Rather it is coming from public rumblings that I'm beginning ...

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Trying to Thwart Change in the 13 Colonies and Egypt

Dave Astor | Posted 05.25.2011 | Comedy
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Dave Astor

Julian Assange's great-great-great-great-grandmother reportedly released some explosive documents during the Revolutionary War that eerily remind us o...

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Jill Lepore: Tea Party Time... and the Death of Compassion (AUDIO)

Christopher Lydon | Posted 05.25.2011 | Books
Read More: History, Thomas Paine, Revolutionary War, Radio Conversation, American History, 1776, What Would Jesus Do, Founding Fathers, Jill Lepore, Harvard, John Adams, Tea Party, Brown University, Audio, Books News
Christopher Lydon

There's more religion than politics in the 2010 Tea Party, Jill Lepore is saying. There's less of 1776 about it than of 1976 -- that dyspeptic post-Vietnam, post-Watergate bicentennial moment.

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PHOTOS: 12 Historic Battlefields Worth A Visit

Posted 05.25.2011 | Travel
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We may be history nerds, but we love walking around historic battlefields of wars past. There is something so moving and so compelling about walking...

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On the Road: Philadelphia's Neighborhood Farmers' Markets -- Headhouse

Steve Poses | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Read More: Home Cooking, Philadelphia, Local Food, Organic Food, Cooking, Farmers Markets, Revolutionary War, Phillies, Food, Quakers, Reading, Home News
Steve Poses

The Headhouse Farmers' Market grows out of long market tradition. And for pure physical per-square-foot concentration of food shopping ecstasy, it is unrivaled.

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