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American Revolution/international perspectives.
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Battle of New Orleans Commemoration
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Battle of New Orleans Commemoration [link] {EXCERPT} Nashville Scene, Matt Sullivan While we country bumpkins scored an upset against the Brits in the Revolutionary War, the rematch yielded far fewer bragging rights.... [link]... more »
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Profiles in Greatness: Benjamin Franklin
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Profiles in Greatness: Benjamin Franklin [link] {EXCERPT} Success Magazine When he returned to Philadelphia, Franklin was elected to the Second Continental Congress, which was managing the Revolutionary War effort and drafting the...... more »
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What was Washington's secret war?
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NY Public Library Did Washington wage a secret war while he was at Valley Forge? Yes and no. Against the British he had to maintain a vigorous war of outposts while they occupied Philadelphia. But the other war he had to fight was against his own generals. In Thomas Fleming's "Washington's Secret War -... more »
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"D.C. close to scene of conflict that set stage for Revolution"
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[link] French and Indian War sites Greg Pierce Washington is surrounded by Civil War battlefields, but what history buffs hereabouts may not realize is that we also live within easy reach of many sites from the French and Indian War. Some folks may shrug their shoulders at that fact, but the French and... more »
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Today in History-Dec. 8
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Today in History-Dec. 8 [link] {EXCERPT} New York Times In 1776, during the Revolutionary War, Gen. George Washington's retreating army crossed the Delaware River from New Jersey into Pennsylvania.... [link]... more »
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George Rogers Clark memorial drops entrance fee
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George Rogers Clark memorial drops entrance fee [link] {EXCERPT} Chicago Tribune AP VINCENNES, Ind. - Visitors to southern Indiana's memorial to Revolutionary War figure George Rogers Clark no longer have to pay a fee to see his statue....... more »
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