SAR Magazine Vol 111, No. 4, Spring 2017 Minuteman and former Historian General Robert L. "Bob" Bowen has published a memoir My Life and Lens: The Story of A Marine Corps Combat Correspondent. The book tells of Bowen’s life —…
Picture: THE DEATH OF MAJOR KENNEDY AND MOSES DOAN. From the Piratical and Tragical Almanac for 1846. Collection of the Houghton Library, Harvard University (APA.P664A.1846). This fanciful woodcut, published long after the incident, tries to capture the scene in which…
Painting by Alfred Wordsworth Thompson of Smallwood's Departure From Annapolis. It was painted in 1876 in commemoration of American independence. The Maryland National Guard displays paintings and artifacts of the Maryland 400 at the 5th Regiment Armory in Baltimore. A…
by Amy Whorf McGuiggan, Project Coordinator The Weekly Genealogist Vol. 19, No. 78, July 5, 2017 During the Revolutionary War, Provincetown, Massachusetts (founded in 1727), was little more than a fishing station — and many of the town's earliest records,…
Westford Massachusetts — April 19, 1775 By Rev. Edwin R. Hodgeman History of Westford, 1883, p. 104 ff. Transcribed by Janice Farnsworth Authorities vary somewhat in stating the facts relating to this fight, some claiming that in Lexington the first…
A rare artifact from a pivotal moment in American history. By Sarah Laskow May 22, 2017 Atlas Obscura This piece of canister shot, shown here before cleaning, tested positive for human blood. At Monmouth Battlefield State Park, in Freehold, New…
"The SAR Congress You’ll Not Want to Miss!" July 12-18, 2018 — Houston, Texas HOTEL RESERVATION For Reservations: You can call the hotel at (281) 501-4300 or use the following web address: Westin Houston. Be sure to tell them it…
Harvard Researchers Discover Second Declaration of Independence Manuscript By Mia C. Karr Crimson Staff Writer Harvard Gazette April 21, 2017 Two Harvard researchers have uncovered a second parchment manuscript of the Declaration of Independence—the only additional manuscript of its type…
Vacant Brooklyn lot could be site of mass grave for Revolutionary War soldiers, historian says | New York's PIX11 / WPIX-TV By Magee Hickley PIX 11 TV New York City 25 March 2017 GOWANUS, Brooklyn — It looks like just…
Ready, aim, visit: American Revolution Museum at attention By Kristen De Groot AP NEWS 12 April 2017 PHILADELPHIA (AP) — With muskets polished, flags aloft and one very commanding tent in place, Philadelphia's Museum of the American Revolution is at…
