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“Awoke This Day Destitute of Bread:” The Diary of Noah Robinson, a Massachusetts Militiaman in the American Revolution Serving in Rhode Island
The War of the American Revolution was in large part a young man’s war.
At the beginnings of the conflict, many well-educated young men who were descendants …
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7 years ago
A Revolutionary War Marriage Abandoned: Andrew Bruce and Henrietta Overing
A chapter in Henrietta Overing Auchmuty’s life has been overlooked by history. Perhaps she would’ve wanted it that way, for it is a story of romance turned into heartbreak …
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7 years ago
The Larchmont Disaster
[Editor’s note: The author of this article, Lynne Heinzmann, is the author of Frozen Voices, a wonderful new historical novel about the sinking of the SS Larchmont. She does a …
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Recalling Officer Candidate School and Serving on a Destroyer in the Korean War Era
The Korean War was raging during my college years and I was certain, on graduation, that I would be drafted into the army. I reduced my options to one of …
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