Illustration: detail of "The Destruction of Tea at Boston Harbor" by Nathaniel Currier, 1846. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Nine-Fingered John

By Thomas Jay Kemp on February 24, 2017

An article about Revolutionary War veteran John Peters, based on his obituary published in 1832... (Read More)

Painting: "Washington Crossing the Delaware," by Emanuel Leutze. Credit: The Metropolitan Museum of Art; Wikimedia Commons.

Multiple Newspaper Articles about Revolutionary War Ancestor

By Thomas Jay Kemp on September 29, 2016

An article about finding newspaper articles about your Revolutionary War ancestors in GenealogyBank’s Historical Newspaper Archives... (Read More)

Revolutionary War Veterans’ Marriages

By Thomas Jay Kemp on August 11, 2016

An article showing how newspaper marriage notices for veterans long after the American Revolutionary War still mentioned the groom’s service in that war... (Read More)

Photo: Rippon Lodge in Prince William County, Virginia. Credit: Virginia Department of Historic Resources.

Documenting Everyone Who Fought in the Revolutionary War

By Thomas Jay Kemp on July 5, 2016

An article about the life of Revolutionary War veteran Col. Thomas Blackburn, based on his obituary in the newspaper “People’s Friend.”.. (Read More)

Engraving: "View of the Attack on Bunker's Hill with the Burning of Charlestown," engraving by Lodge after the drawing by Millar, 1783. Credit: American Antiquarian Society; Wikimedia Commons.

Nathaniel Hayford’s Story – Veteran of the Battle of Bunker Hill

By Thomas Jay Kemp on June 28, 2016

An article about the life of Revolutionary War veteran Nathaniel Hayford, as reported in his obituary... (Read More)

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Battle of Lexington: We Were There – Get All of Our Stories

By Thomas Jay Kemp on April 19, 2016

An article about the Battle of Lexington during the American Revolutionary War, based on obituaries of veterans who fought in that battle... (Read More)

My Name Is Capt. Samuel Payson, and I Fought at the Battle of Lexington

By Thomas Jay Kemp on April 5, 2016

An article about Capt. Samuel Payson, Revolutionary War veteran who fought at the Battle of Lexington... (Read More)

Family Heirlooms: Revolutionary War Artifacts

By Thomas Jay Kemp on March 30, 2016

Do you have family heirlooms passed down from colonial times? The Roukema family of Richmond, Virginia, does... (Read More)

Painting: “Yankee Doodle,” aka “The Spirit of ’76,” by Archibald Willard. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Bunker Hill Drummer Boy

By Thomas Jay Kemp on December 29, 2015

An article about Rufus Kingsley, who was one of three drummer boys at the Battle of Bunker Hill, with details of his life from his obituary... (Read More)

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