The American Revolution Series

The nation’s 250th Anniversary is approaching. The National Association of Scholars is commemorating the events leading up to the Second Continental Congress officially adopting the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776.

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He Was Half-Mad, but Full Hero

On September 25, 1775, Ethan Allen was captured by the British outside Montreal, at the Battle of Longue-Pointe. He would spend several years held captive by the British—and, once released, write up his exploits to popular acclaim in A Narrative of Ethan Allen’s Captivity (1779). Some later historians, revisiting the battle, would conclude: Damfool blowhard […]

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