Ben, I would love to attend, but I'm going to be leading a Civil War battlefield tour in Virginia that weekend. :( I will have to make it another...
Even though I went to college in the town where Molly Pitcher is buried (Carlisle, PA), I'm terribly embarrassed to admit that I have never seen the...
Linda, I occasionally check the on-line version of my hometown newspaper, The Reading Eagle, and the December 26 issue had a good story on this...
Here's an update on the efforts to commemorate the bicentennial of the War of 1812 from Glenn Williams: Dear Friends and Fellow Historians, I...
With all of the reading I've been doing on the War of 1812, I've come across quite a bit of interesting material on Tecumseh, the great Shawnee...
Today is the Fourth of July, marking the 231st anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. This American experiment of ours, while a bit frayed...
I just finished A. J. Langguth's Union 1812: The Americans Who Fought the Second War of Independence. This is the sequel to Langguth's excellent 1991...
Bob, Thanks, and please do put up the rest of your photos. Eric
Bob, Is there anything worth seeing at Lundy's Lane? The only War of 1812 sites I've ever seen are the Perry Victory Monument in Put-in-Bay and a...
Linda, Fabulous photos--thanks so much for sharing them. They even had Hessians, eh? Very impressive. It sounds like a very well-done event. Good...
Looks like a cool event, Linda. Thanks for sharing those photos. Eric
Mark, Given the huge role played by Cornwallis, that surprises me a bit, but it is what it is. Hopefully, someone will tackle a modern biography of...
As I am in the midst of studying the Southern Campaigns of the Revolutionary War, Lt. Gen. Charles, Lord Cornwallis, plays a major role in the story....
Last Friday, I finally got to visit the Guilford Court House National Military Park, located in Greensboro, North Carolina. I have been wanting to...
From Glenn Williams, former director of the American Battlefield Protection Program: Dear Friends and Fellow Historians, As many of you know, I am...
Here's more information concerning the pending legislation: There is a House of Representatives (HR) bill (HR160) to appropriate money for a grant...
Please allow me to update you all on the problems you've had accessing this site the past two days. Yesterday, our web host was the subject of a...
Spam, spam, bacon,,eggs and spam. Sadly, it wasnt that sort of spam. :( This was the unpleasant kind, the kind one has to be diligent about...
We had a spammer sign up and sneak a post through last night. I try to be extremely diligent about this sort of thing and check the site for new...
I thought that you might be interested in a bill introduced in Congress that would raise funds for Revolutionary War and War of 1812 battlefield...
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