Independence Forever

Independence Forever

May 1, 2026 | America — 250 Years of Independence, Visions

This is the first in a regular series of short articles commemorating the 250th anniversary of American independence, tracing in words and pictures how Americans have fulfilled, and at times struggled to fulfill, the ideals of the Declaration of Independence.  ...
The Seduction of Thomas Gage

The Seduction of Thomas Gage

May 5, 2025 | Visions

Among the most curious prints from the early years of the American Revolution is a monochrome aquatint with etching of a properly dressed gentleman with his left hand gripping the pommel of his sword and his right arm draped around a bare-breasted woman whose arm is...
How Our Revolutionary War Began

How Our Revolutionary War Began

Apr 13, 2025 | Events, Features, Revolutionary Reflections

Late on the evening of April 18, 1775, nine hundred British Regulars set out through the dark streets of Boston. They were headed for Concord, a village sixteen miles west, where spies reported the colonists had accumulated a store of arms and ammunition, including...
Imagining the Battle of Lexington

Imagining the Battle of Lexington

Apr 12, 2025 | Events, Features, Visions

A few minutes before dawn on April 19, 1775, British troops on an expedition to confiscate arms stored in Concord, Massachusetts, fired on armed militiamen on the Lexington Green. They killed eight men and wounded nine others. The remaining militiamen dispersed. The...
Ebenezer Huntington’s Revolution

Ebenezer Huntington’s Revolution

Mar 27, 2025 | People

On the night of April 21, 1775, twenty-one-year-old Ebenezer Huntington left Yale College and rode thirty miles to Wethersfield, Connecticut. He was scheduled to graduate in September — in those days Yale seniors were examined in July and commencement was in September...