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In 2024, a 192,560 sq ft industrial project won approval on 22 acres beside New Jersey’s Monmouth battlefield; two years later the state paid $15 million to preserve the former strawberry farm as part of the park

In 2024, Monmouth County officials approved a massive 192,560-square-foot industrial development on 22 acres of farmland directly adjacent to Monmouth Battlefield State Park in Manalapan, New Jersey. The site, once a strawberry farm, sat along Route 33 just steps from one of the most significant Revolutionary War battlefields in the…

The Times of India · Aug 29

Ben Franklin chose America. Son William chose the crown. This civil war is a microcosm of revolution

Benjamin Franklin's son William was buried in London following his death in 1813, more than three decades after he was forced to leave America

The Independent UK · Aug 16

Cuba celebrates Castro's 100th as his revolution faces its toughest test

HAVANA - As Cuba marks 100 years since Fidel Castro's birth, Cubans are questioning the promises of the socialist revolution he led for nearly half a century, and asking whether his successors are up to the job.

Bangkok Post · Aug 12

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The world’s first influencers were French and they emerged after the Revolution

In 1806, the Parisian gastronome Grimod de la Reynière launched a new periodical, the Journal des Gourmands et des Belles in post-revolutionary France. From the first issue, it set out to provide readers with advice on food, fashion, and theatrical life, all in one publication. Almost entirely forgotten today, the…

The Conversation · Jul 15

Cuba Acknowledges 'Very Sensitive' Talks With U.S. to Seek 'Solutions Through Dialogue'

The country's PM said every step taken by Cuba was intended to defend "the Revolution and our sovereignty," while warning against what he described as attempts to sow division and distrust

Latin Times · Jul 10

The American Revolution Was Fought With Muskets and Ink

As John Adams said, the war was both an effect and a consequence of a revolution in the minds of the people.

Reason · Jul 7

America Was Not Founded by 'Tariff Men,' Contrary to This Painting in Trump's White House

Free trade is "a direct affront to our Founding Fathers," President Donald Trump said during his first presidential campaign.

Reason · Jul 5

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Writings on the Declaration of Independence and the Meaning of the American Revolution

Links to some of my previous writings on these topics, which remain relevant on the 250th anniversary of the Declaration.

Reason · Jul 4

Americans Will Never Shut Up or Do As We're Told

Two distinctly American traits that powered the Revolution: We don't like being told what to do by our supposed betters, and we really don't like being told to shut up.

Reason · Jul 3

The forgotten Founding Father who said no to the Declaration of Independence

‘He wasn’t opposed to independence per se, but he thought it should happen gradually and without bloodshed,’ a historian said

The Independent UK · Jul 2

How a tiny Caribbean island made American independence possible

The American Revolution is often told as a heroic story of 13 colonies rising up against a mighty empire and, with some help from France, winning their independence.

The Conversation · Jun 30

The American Revolution Isn't Over

Washington’s troops won the ground war, but today's left and right are waging war on the ideals of the Revolution.

Reason · Jun 29

The Gun That Won the Revolution

The American Long Rifle was accurate at long distances, unlike British smoothbores.

Reason · Jun 28

Writings on Juneteenth and its Significance for American Liberty

Compendium of links to my writings relevant the holiday celebrating the abolition of slavery.

Reason · Jun 19

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Reason · Jun 13

Disillusioned Revolutionaries: Many Founders Died in Despair About the American Experiment

America's Founders helped create a world they were not yet ready to live in.

The Independent UK · Jun 8

Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Gordon S. Wood dead at age 92 after being hit by car in store parking lot

President Obama presented him a National Humanities Medal in 2011

Reason · Jun 8

Gordon Wood, RIP

The great historian of the American Founding passed away yesterday, killed by a car while walking.

Reason · Jun 6

Native Americans Taught Colonists How To Fight—and To Live Without Kings

Unlike in Europe, native rulers had little formal authority; they had to persuade others to follow their ideas.

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The Independent UK · Jun 3

Turns out America’s favorite villain may have been framed as historian gives King George III a makeover

King George inherited the throne in 1760 at age 22, overseeing an empire stretching across continents

The Conversation · Jun 2

How out-of-work fishermen saved the American Revolution

George Washington knew his forces could not win the American Revolutionary War without some measure of sea power. “It follows then as certain as that night succeeds the day,” he later wrote in a letter, “that without a decisive naval force we can do nothing definitive, and with it everything…

The Conversation · May 15

America’s musical founding father: ‘Liberty songs’ by a self-taught singer and tanner helped fuel the Revolution

As July 4, 2026, approaches, Americans will be paying more attention than usual to events of 1776: the year the American Colonies declared their independence from Great Britain. Public historians, including filmmaker Ken Burns, have tried to offer a more inclusive view of the American Revolution, highlighting lesser-known patriots. But…

The Conversation · May 7

The American Revolution’s triumphant story of democracy and freedom overlooks loyalists who paid a steep price for allegiance to Britain

On the eve of the American Revolution, Matthias Aspden made a decision that would change the trajectory of his life. A wealthy merchant from Philadelphia, Aspden carefully prepared to leave his home in March 1776 as rumors of revolution circulated. He drafted a will and appointed trusted friends to manage…

The Independent UK · Apr 22

49 new Americans sworn in on Lexington’s Battle Green, birthplace of the American Revolution

Forty-nine people in Massachusetts have taken the Oath of Allegiance on Lexington’s Battle Green, the birthplace of the American Revolution

The Independent UK · Apr 18

Stories of Black and Indigenous patriots come into focus as US remembers the American Revolution

The stories of Black and Indigenous men who fought during the American Revolution are sometimes overlooked

The Conversation · Mar 23

What Betsy Ross’ real story tells us about women’s work in the Revolution − and why it still matters 250 years later

For generations, most Americans knew – and maybe believed – a story about upholstery seamstress Betsy Ross and the making of the nation’s first flag.

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