Boston 1775

The month of May brings two gatherings of Revolutionary War researchers in upstate New York , just a scenic drive away from Boston. Sarato...

This month, the Boston Public Library and the National Park Service are teaming up for two online events that look at the Revolutionary War ...

On Thursday, 8 October, the Fraunces Tavern Museum in New York will share a talk by Christian McBurney on “George Washington’s Nemesis: ...

Since I was on a Battle of Monmouth kick, I’ll jump to one of the most enduring American legends to come out of that fight: Molly Pitcher. ...

Mount Vernon just shared an interview with Mark Edward Lender and Garry Wheeler Stone about their recently published book, Fatal Sunday: ...

Before leaving the diary of the mysterious Capt. Smythe , I must highlight a passage that Frank Moore quoted from that document in 1860. ...

As related yesterday, on 23 Dec 1778 Col. John Laurens and Gen. Charles Lee (shown here) met for a duel on the aptly named Point No Poin...

Yesterday I quoted Gen. Charles Lee ’s letter to Gen. George Washington after the Battle of Monmouth , complaining that the commander-in...

In the middle of the Battle of Monmouth , Gen. George Washington chided Gen. Charles Lee for his decision to withdraw from the Continental...

Shortly after the Battle of Monmouth Courthouse, which both the Americans and the British claimed as a victory, Gen. Charles Lee wrote an a...

During the Marquis de la Fayette ’s visit to America in 1824-25, he made some remarks which indirectly resurfaced this week in the Library o...