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George F. Scheer

Mr. Scheer is the editor of Private Yankee Doodle , the diary of a Revolutionary soldier. He wislies to tliank for their co-operation Dr. Francis S. Ronalds, superintendent of the Morrisdown National Historical Park; Norman C. Fisher, formerly superintendent of Washington Crossing Slate Park; and Ann Hatches Hutton, author of Portrait of Patriotism . Portraits of Leutze and Whittrcdge are from the National Academy of Design (photograph of Leutze portrait, courtesy the Frick Art Reference Library).

Articles by this Author

A memoir by a fellow artist who watched the genesis of a favorite American historical painting clarifies
Around Francis Marion there has sprung up an overgrowth of legend as tangled as the swamps he fought in. Here is an authoritative account of his role in the Revolution
General Washington wanted Benedict Arnold taken alive, right in the heart of British-held New York.
Participants describe the opening of the American Revolution