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Guy Fawkes Night (or "Pope Day" as it was called in colonial America) is coming up this Thursday. And as was commonly the case, G...

Ok, it's time to get this blog rolling again. It's been dead for far too long. I apologize to our readers for the lapse in posts. ...

Happy St. Patrick's Day to all American Revolution Blog readers! Perhaps you are asking yourself why I would be posting something on St....

Hello 2009!!! New Year's Day is finally upon us, and there's no better way for this blog to recognize this holiday's "out w...

I know that I have mentioned The Thomas Jefferson Hour in the past on this blog, but I would like to call your attention to it again. In hi...

Merry Christmas everyone! As you enjoy the festivities, keep in mind that today also carries a special American tribute that should not go f...

When it comes to celebrating the holidays, gingerbread is to Christmas what the American flag is to the 4th of July. In all of its variety, ...

Being that we are only days from celebrating Christmas, I have chosen to look at how early colonial Americans understood this celebration, w...

Since the blog is on a holiday kick, I thought that this might be an appropriate way to continue the theme. After all, I don't want to b...

Did the citizens of colonial America celebrate Halloween? The answer is yes, but not in the way you may think. An historian with Colonial Wi...

I realize that Columbus Day is more than a week in the past, but I thought it might be a good way to kick things off anew here at the Americ...

President John Quincy Adams, the Republic’s 6th executive chief, awoke around 7:00a.m. to a rainy, but sunny day in the nation’s capital. Th...

The holiday known throughout the western world as St. Patrick's Day is most commonly associated with Catholicism and Irish pride. After ...

Happy 276th birthday George Washington! You don't look a day over 175! For those of you that might be unfamiliar with the role of George...

Well, here we are at "Presidents' Day." How in the world did we get this holiday? By federal law and according to this holiday...

As we've discussed at length, holidays, and the means of celebrating them, were very different during the colonial era. Most of the holi...

Being that today is Martin Luther King Day, I thought it appropriate to mention him on this blog. Though the American Revolution precedes hi...

On this day in 1781, 1,500 soldiers from the Pennsylvania Line--all 11 regiments under General Anthony Wayne’s command--insisted that their ...

The Christmas season has had a long association with an assortment of delicious treats. Everything from candycanes to gingerbread men have ...

As we have discussed in previous postings, colonial society gave little attention to the celebration of Christmas. For various reasons, Chri...