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The Loyalist Experience During the American Revolution

Fall 2025, by Alexander Cain 

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The Revolutionary War’s Hard Winter

Fall 2025, by Judith E. Harper 

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Peter Maynard: A Black Revolutionary War Soldier from Westborough, Massachusetts

Fall 2025, by Ross W. Beales Jr. 

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The “Fighting Armstrongs” of Boston’s Granary Burying Ground

Summer 2022, by Philip O’Brien 

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Dr. Joseph Warren - Reflection, Research & Remembrance

Fall 2019, by Christian Di Spigna 

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Elizabeth King Hortons Fight for Half-pay Pension

Fall 2019, by Stephen D. Sanford 

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Tales from the Courthouse - Waiting for Ichabod - A Revolutionary War Wife’s Tale

Summer 2011, by Diane Rapaport 

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Images of the Revolutionary War Generation

Summer 2010, by Maureen A. Taylor 

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Vita Brevis Blog Posts  

On the Other Side of Lexington Green—April 19, 1775

Spring 2025, by David Allen Lambert 

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Paul Revere’s Midnight Ride—Which Old North Church?

Spring 2023, by Christopher C. Child 

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The Boston Tea Party: An Ancestor’s Perspective

Fall 2023, by Jared Nathan 

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Revolutionary Women

Winter 2017, by Michelle Norris 

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Revolutionary Privateering

Winter 2017, by Nancy Bernard 

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Heartbeat of the Revolution

Spring 2021, by Elizabeth Peay 

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Cato Freedom: Soldier of the Revolution

Winter 2025, by Jonathan Hill 

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A voice from the Revolutionary War

Summer 2016, by Andrew Krea 

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The Real Molly Pitcher

Spring 2016, by Andrew Krea 

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Patriotic Presidential Ancestors

Winter 2022, by Christopher C. Child 

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