Students will travel to the major sites and battlefields of the American Revolution with the Center for Military History and Grand Strategy over spring break. Led by Professor of History David Stewart, the trip will include visits to Norfolk, Virginia; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Valley Forge, Pennsylvania; Washington, D.C.; and Yorktown, Virginia. “We’re going to visit some...
Pistols made for the Royal Mail coach are now on display in the heritage room. Courtesy | Catherine Maxwell The beauty of the Heritage Room will now be matched by its brawn: a set of flintlock pistols and muskets dating back to the Revolutionary War. Clinton Miller donated the weapons in the summer of 2020,...
Professor of History David Stewart, who assisted in creating the Western and American Heritage readers, is creating another book of primary sources for a new class on the military history of the American Revolution. The upper-level elective history class, which Stewart plans to teach next semester, will focus specifically on campaigns and battles, foreign involvement...