Negative Space: American Revolution
- The Battle of the Kegs
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The Battle of the Kegs took place on January 5 or 6, 1778. Soon after, Francis Hopkinson wrote this wonderful account of the debacle, including very personal details about the British General in charge!
- Battles of the Revolution
- Sources from well-known and lesser-known battles of the American Revolution.
- Cherry Valley: A Massacre of the Revolution
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Mel Gibson’s The Patriot is disparaged for the ruthlessness it portrays among the British. But such barbarity certainly did exist. One massacre by British troops is still remembered by the residents of Cherry Valley, New York.
- Our lot is cast in this happy land…
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Samuel B. Young’s August 16, 1819, Oration to commemorate the 1777 Battle of Bennington.
- Songs of the American Revolution
- Various songs, and the history of the songs, that made the Revolution—sometimes decades later.
- A Vicennial Meal for the Sestercentennial
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In 1776 we were too busy to write commemorative cookbooks. But in 1796 “Amelia Simmons, American Orphan” published the first known American cookbook. It’s a celebration of American foods, American values, and American economies.
- The World Turned Upside Down
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The legend of the surrender of Lord Cornwallis to Washington at Yorktown says that the band played “The World Turned Upside Down”. It probably didn’t. But we’re going to print the legend anyway.
