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Devotion to an Autocrat is NOT Patriotism

Honor is like an island; Steep and without Shore; They who once leave; Can never return.  French poet Nicholas Boileau Originally Published January 26, 2021 It is with a heavy heart that as senior editor of Revolutionary War Journal, I must share with my readers my outrage over the horrendous attack on our nation’s capitol …

Murder of Jane McCrea Helped Defeat a British Army: Propaganda in the American Revolution

“In the history of the Revolutionary War, perhaps no single incident is recorded which, at the time of its occurrence, created more intense sympathy, or aroused a spirit of more bitter indignation, than the massacre of Jane McCrea.” David Wilson, 1853 On July 27, 1777, in Argyle, New York, north of Saratoga, John Allen’s family …