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We can’t let the home of one of the great heroes of the American Revolution be demolished.

John Glover and the men of Marblehead saved the Continental Army several times, and then helped it cross the Delaware to victory at Trenton and Princeton.

The farmhouse of General John Glover, one of the great heroes of the American Revolution, is scheduled to be demolished after July 1, 2024.

Many historians and the author of a recent book have seriously misjudged the influential former vice president and cabinet secretary.

Classic Essays from Our Archives

"The Sparck of Rebellion" | Winter 2010, Vol 59, No 4

By Douglas Brinkley

Badly disguised as Indians, a rowdy group of patriotic vandals kicked a revolution into motion

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Who Invented Scalping? | April 1977, Vol 28, No 3

By James Axtell

In recent years many voices—both Native-American and white—have questioned whether Indians did in fact invent scalping. What is the evidence?

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1619: The Year That Shaped America  | Winter 2019, Vol 64, No 1

By James Horn

Four hundred years ago this year, two momentous events happened in Britain’s fledgling colony in Virginia: the New World’s first democratic assembly convened, and an English privateer brought kidnapped Africans to sell as slaves. Such were the conflicted origins of modern America.

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Growing Up Colored | Summer 2012, Vol 62, No 2

By Henry Louis Gates Jr.

The noted writer and educator tells of his boyhood in the West Virginia town of Piedmont, where African Americans were second-class citizens but family pride ran deep.

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The Man of the Century | May/June 1994, Vol 45, No 3

By Arthur Schlesinger Jr.

Of all the Allied leaders, argues FDR's biographer, only Roosevelt saw clearly the shape of the new world they were fighting to create

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    Today in History

  • FDR signs Lend-Lease policy

    President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs Lend-Lease into effect, allowing the United States to lend military and civilian supplies to Allied countries during World War II. The policy, instituted by the Lend-Lease Administration, sent $50.1 billion to Great Britain, the Soviet Union, France, and China.

  • Confederate Constitution finalized

    The Constitution of the Confederate States of America is signed in Montgomery, Alabama by representatives from South Carolina, Georgia, Texas, Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi, and Florida. Derived from the United States Constitution, it delegates more rights to the states and explicitly protects slavery.

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