J.L. Bell is a historian and blogger at Boston 1775. This interview is based on his new book, The Road to Concord: How Four Stolen Cannon Ignited the Revolutionary War (Westholme Publishing, 2016). JF: What led you to write The Road to...
Battles of Lexington and Concord
The First Published Map of the American Revolution
This is very cool. Historian Allison Lange discusses the first published map of the American Revolution. It is housed at the American Antiquarian Society in Worcester, MA. Here is a taste of her post at the AAS blog, “Past is...
Who Fired First at Lexington?
Up in Boston they are still living in the wake of Patriots Day. I imagine that this time of year J.L. Bell has a significant jump in visitors to his excellent blog, Boston 1775. Today he reflects on the first...