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Tag: American Revolutionary War

Illustration: Revolutionary War flag. Credit: https://depositphotos.com/home.html

Genealogy Tips: Researching Your Revolutionary War Ancestors (part 2)

By Katie Rebecca Garner on August 7, 2023

In this article – the second in a two-part series – Katie Rebecca Garner gives tips for researching your Revolutionary War-era ancestors... (Read More)

Photo: Revolutionary War flag and the U.S. Constitution. Credit: https://depositphotos.com/home.html

Genealogy Tips: Researching Your Revolutionary War Ancestors

By Katie Rebecca Garner on July 24, 2023

In this article – the first in a two-part series – Katie Rebecca Garner gives tips for researching your Revolutionary War-era ancestors... (Read More)

Photo: Fourth of July fireworks over the East Village of New York City. Credit: David Shankbone; Wikimedia Commons.

Revolutionary War Vets Celebrated July Fourth

By Melissa Berry on July 5, 2023

In this article, to continue yesterday’s Fourth of July celebration, Melissa Davenport Berry writes about Revolutionary War vets celebrating in 1826... (Read More)

Photo: Real Daughters Committee members (left and right) Helen Coe Hammond and Grace A. Coe, and (middle) Real Daughter Caroline Phoebe Hassam Randall, taken 19 June 1938. Courtesy of the D.A.R., Washington, D. C.

Original Daughters of the American Revolution (part 2)

By Melissa Berry on June 30, 2023

In this astonishing article, Melissa Berry continues writing about 22 women still alive in 1925 whose fathers fought in the American Revolutionary War!.. (Read More)

Photo: the D.A.R. in the 1922 July 4th parade. From the left to the right, the participants standing in front are: Mrs. Frank Corwith, Miss Betsy Bush, Mrs. C. E. Foster, Mrs. Lewis E. Downs, Mrs. Eli Fordham, Mrs. J. M. Jagger, Mrs. H. H. Hildreth, and Mrs. Raymond Corwith. From left to right onboard the float, the participants are: Mrs. R. Kendrick, Mrs. A. W. Tunnell, John M. Nugent as a child, Helen C. Bishop as a child, a young Edward. H. Foster, a young E. Halsey Howell, Adelaide Corwith, and a young Mercator Cooper Kendrick. Courtesy of the South Hampton Museum, South Hampton, New York.

Original Daughters of the American Revolution (part 1)

By Melissa Berry on June 27, 2023

In this astonishing article, Melissa Davenport Berry writes about 22 women still alive in 1925 whose fathers fought in the American Revolutionary War!.. (Read More)

Map: “A plan of the town and harbour of Boston and the country adjacent with the road from Boston to Concord, shewing the place of the late engagement [Battle of Chelsea Creek] between the King’s troops & the provincials, together with the several encampments of both armies in & about Boston. Taken from an actual survey. Humbly inscribed to Richd. Whitworth by J. De Costa; C. Hall, sc.” Created: July 29, 1775, London. Credit: Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division.

For Memorial Day Weekend: An American Revolution Battle

By Melissa Berry on May 26, 2023

In this article, Melissa Berry writes about the Battle of Chelsea Creek – the second battle of the Revolutionary War, and the Americans’ first victory... (Read More)

Illustration: “Washington Crossing the Delaware” by Emanuel Leutze, 1851. Credit: The Metropolitan Museum of Art; Wikimedia Commons.

Genealogy Tip: Your Ancestor’s Revolutionary War Pension (part 3)

By Katie Rebecca Garner on March 27, 2023

In this article – the third in a three-part series – Katie Rebecca Garner gives tips for researching your ancestor’s Revolutionary War pension... (Read More)

Illustration: “Washington Crossing the Delaware” by Emanuel Leutze, 1851. Credit: The Metropolitan Museum of Art; Wikimedia Commons.

Genealogy Tip: Your Ancestor’s Revolutionary War Pension (part 2)

By Katie Rebecca Garner on March 23, 2023

In this article – the second in a three-part series – Katie Rebecca Garner gives tips for researching your ancestor’s Revolutionary War pension... (Read More)

Photo: reenactors in the South Boston Parade, 17 March 2018. Courtesy of South Boston online.

Boston Tradition: The St. Patrick’s/Evacuation Day Parade

By Melissa Berry on March 17, 2023

In this article, Melissa Davenport Berry explains why the St. Patrick’s Day parade in Boston every March 17 has special meaning for the city... (Read More)

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