Edwin Grosvenor

1 month ago | americanheritage.com | Edwin Grosvenor |Victor Davis Hanson

With bloody conflicts in so many hot spots around the world, we should remember that the erasures of civilizations are not mere memories from a distant past. Editor’s Note: Victor Davis Hanson is an American military historian, columnist, classics professor and prolific author. He was awarded the National Humanities Medal in 2007 by President George W. Bush.

2 months ago | americanheritage.com | Edwin Grosvenor |Rick Atkinson |Michael Ruderman

This special issue looks at the dramatic and momentous events that occurred 250 years ago this month. What began as a civil war within the British Empire continued until it became a wider conflict affecting peoples and countries across Europe and North America. Drama at the Old North Bridge “Now the war has begun and no one knows when it will end,” said one minuteman after the fight.

2 months ago | americanheritage.com | Edwin Grosvenor |Rick Atkinson |Michael Ruderman

Given the importance of April 19, 1775 in our nation’s history, the editors of American Heritage have produced a special issue dedicated to the events of that day. The conflicts in Concord and Lexington were much more dramatic and complex than most people realize. Following up on orders from Lord North's government, British commander-in-chief Thomas Gage ordered 700 of his fittest grenadiers and marines to make a lightning strike against the growing resistance to his Majesty's government.

2 months ago | americanheritage.com | Edwin Grosvenor |Rick Atkinson |Michael Ruderman

Editor’s Note: One of the leading historians of the American Revolution and Founding era, John Ferling is a professor emeritus at the University of West Georgia and the author of two dozen books. His most recent is a major, global reappraisal of the Revolutionary War on its 250th Anniversary, Shots Heard Round the World: America, Britain, and Europe in the Revolutionary War, from which portions of this essay were adapted.

2 months ago | americanheritage.com | Edwin Grosvenor |Rick Atkinson |Michael Ruderman

The Percy map is the first record of the first battle of the American Revolution, sketched within hours of the deadly return from Lexington. I could scarcely believe what I was seeing. Despite generations of research and hundreds of books on the American Revolution, here was a critically important, yet previously undocumented treasure – a detailed map of the retreat of British troops from Lexington drawn by Lord Hugh Percy himself, the general who commanded those regiments.