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Revolutionary Leaders in the US Capitol Statuary Hall Collection

April 6, 2017by Gene Procknow 3 Comments

The United States Congress authorizes each state to place statues of two people in the Capitol. These statues form the National Statuary Hall Collection. Most statues are placed in the […]

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The Battle of Brooklyn – The Revolutions most under recognized and misreported battle!

March 5, 2017by Gene Procknow Leave a comment

My vote for the most under recognized and misreported battle in the American Revolution goes to the Battle of Brooklyn. Even its name is misreported as many historians refer to […]

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Reconsidering Two Colorful Revolutionary Reputations

January 25, 2017by Gene Procknow Leave a comment

Today, I am going to speak about two of our more colorful, but controversial revolutionary leaders. One is well known and one is not. Both of them entered the Revolutionary […]

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How do you know a Great Book?

December 26, 2016by Gene Procknow Leave a comment

A sure fire way to answer this question is looking for books that sell more used than they did new.  It is a simple measure of standing the test of time! […]

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Examining Intimate Revolutionary Relationships

December 7, 2016by Gene Procknow 1 Comment

Unquestioningly, people assume that intimate relationships among the sexes in Revolutionary America were what we commonly refer to today as puritanical.  Well that might have been the reality at one […]

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A Review: Why Not Taxation and Representation? A Note on the American Revolution

October 31, 2016by Gene Procknow 3 Comments

By Sebastian Galliani and Gustavo Torrens National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper 22724 October 2016  http://www.nber.org/papers/w22724   A Review Combining academic disciplines often lead to innovative and interesting new […]

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Placing the American Revolution in Global Perspective

June 21, 2016by Gene Procknow Leave a comment

By Steven Pincus Sometime in 1766 or 1767, Ezra Stiles, the popular minister of Newport, Rhode Island, and the future president of Yale College, catalogued the “struggles for liberty and […]

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Smok’n in Bradford

May 14, 2016by Gene Procknow Leave a comment

 Faint reminders of faded prosperity No one walking, no cars on the street Zippos inspired rooms Sorry for the smell, others demand it Converted Carnegie library Beefeater guarding the entrance  […]

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Liberty and Freedom, Poetry

Revolutionary Meritorious Marylanders

March 6, 2016by Gene Procknow 1 Comment

Washington’s Immortals The Untold Story of an Elite Regiment that Changed the Course of the Revolution by Patrick K. O’Donnell Atlantic Monthly Press 2016 There are few full length histories […]

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Self Discovery in Vermont’s Northeast Kingdom

January 10, 2016by Gene Procknow Leave a comment

On the surface it is a simple, oft told story about family, enjoying outdoor sports, baseball and coming of age. However, Howard Frank Mosher’s new novel, God’s Kingdom provokes deeper […]

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