This was a fun day! Battle of Bunker's Hill reenactment, June 2025, Gloucester, MA. The rebels eventually lost this battle because they ran out of gunpowder . But, they held on long enough to give the Regulars a pretty bad beating. Note the antique garbage can. It is early January 2026 and I am preparing a new long-form journal article, as well as a companion presentation, regarding 1776 and Norwich, Connecticut. I can prove the tremendous roles ordinary Norwich people played

I have made a strategic decision to put aside my main project of book writing, to be somewhat involved with America 250 and...

She built a life on a quiet Connecticut farm—but behind Maria Louisa Huntington’s warm reputation lies a story of deep roots, quiet strength, and one last act of defiance that still echoes today.

"Norwich" was the traditional land inhabited by Eastern North American indigenous groups, including the Mohegan tribe. They struck a deal...

I still continue to slowly wade my way through my book. Have had an extremely busy year of shoulder surgery, travel, and family business. The Revolutionary War chapters are the most challenging because there are a lot of documents to sift through, prioritize, and analyze. Andrew (1745-1824), was the second of Jabez' five sons (Jedediah, Andrew, Joshua, Ebenezer, and Zechariah) and the only one to not have an active-duty military career during the war. He was, however, a reso

Recently I had the chance to go down to Connecticut to do some more research at the newly-re-branded Connecticut Museum of Culture and...

This post offers just a glimpse into some of the people close to Jabez during his lifetime. There are so many it will be impossible to...