Celebrate with the Journal of the American Revolution, 8 May

On Friday, 8 May, the Journal of the American Revolution plans to celebrate the publication of its second printed volume of articles with its second Revolutionary War Schmoozer in Boston.

The online journal’s 2015 collection can be ordered through IndieBound, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Powells, and other booksellers.

Published by Westholme, this hardcover includes 53 articles from 36 different writers covering many aspects of the American Revolution, including:

• Who was Crispus Attucks besides a casualty of the Boston Massacre?
• Was Benjamin Franklin America’s first whistle blower?
• Who else helped Paul Revere on his “midnight ride”?
• What was the first naval skirmish of the American Revolution?
• How old were soldiers in the British army?
• Who tried to assassinate George Washington, and how was the plot foiled?
• What critical contributions did Silas Deane make to the war effort?

I’m represented with an article about how Samuel Adams really recruited Sons of Liberty, and I assisted with the editing. The cover shows an anecdote about Francis Marion that I discussed here.

The J.A.R.’s RevWar Schmoozer will take place on Friday, 8 May, at The Point, 147 Hanover Street in Boston. That upstairs space is reserved from 4:30 to 7:30 P.M. Everyone involved in studying and interpreting the history of the Revolutionary War—historians, tour guides, museum professionals, N.P.S. rangers, publishing personnel, reenactors, students, genealogists, enthusiasts, and more—will be welcome. There will be a cash bar and plenty of conversation.

The next day, up to forty lucky people will have a special viewing of the new “We Are One: Mapping America’s Road from Revolution to Independence” exhibit at the Norman B. Leventhal Map Center in the Boston Public Library. There are still a few spaces open for that event; click here for more details and to reserve a space.