American Revolutionary War
In the fall of 1997, a six part documentary on the American Revolution, called Liberty was broadcast on PBS. For the occasion, your guide went out and mined a few archaeological web sites from the web on the people and places of the birth pangs of the United States.
Battles
In July 1997, researchers located the last gunboat sank during Benedict Arnold's battle on Lake Champlain in 1776.
An exhibit at this Living History site in Virginia, where a military garrison resided during the Revolutionary War. Site also includes photographs from Sept/Oct 1997 excavations.
A guided trail over the archaeological evidence for Mount Independence, on Lake Champlain in Vermont, site of a couple of skirmishes between 1776 and 1777.
People
Recent archaeological investigations at the home of George Washington, commander of the American military forces during the Revolutionary War.
Home to George Washington's sister Betty and her husband Fielding Lewis, archaeological investigations have concentrated on some of the outbuildings in the area.
Places
consists of two taverns, one built in 1770, the other in 1792; a gathering place for travelers to Alexandria, Virginia.
Old
Presbyterian Meeting House
built by Calvinist dissenters in 1775, and where the tomb of the unknown Revolutionary War soldier is located.
A virtual trip to the living history museum at Williamsburg, Virginia
Note: the original link to this site has gone dead.
History of
the Declaration of Independence
From the National Archives.
See ya next week!
