Norfolk-born author Andrew Lawler sheds light on myths and history of Tidewater during the Revolutionary War
Feeling a little stir-crazy during the pandemic, author Andrew Lawler took a trip to visit his mom back in his hometown of ...
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Norfolk-born author Andrew Lawler sheds light on myths and history of Tidewater during the Revolutionary War
While perusing a Hampton Roads bookstore with her, he picked up a biography of the Scottish earl John Murray — better known as Lord Dunmore ... the Revolutionary War. The nonfiction work ...
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'Fightin' Parson' begins Smyth County's journey along the Road to the Revolution
Two centuries ago on January 20, 15 men gathered in a Wythe County tavern to send a message to leaders of the American ...
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Dispatch from 1775: Economic boycott of Britain helps Virginia farmers get out of debt as tensions simmer
Or, perhaps more accurately, the calm between storms. We are now starting to see the impact of two big actions from 1774 — Lord Dunmore’s War against the native tribes and the declaration of an ...
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Sun City NSDAR chapter welcomes historian, author
Bish’s January program was about the organization Culpeper Minutemen Battalion and their involvement in Virginia’s Lord Dunmore’s War and by winning the first battle of the American Revolutionary War ...
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1775 was the real year of revolution. In Virginia, the celebrations kick off in Roanoke. Here’s why.
It was in 1775 when Colonists and the British fought again at Bunker Hill. It was in 1775 when Virginia’s royal governor, Lord Dunmore, found himself at war with Virginians — to the point that he ...
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An evening with Andrew Lawler
Andrew Lawler multi-media presentation and discussion of his book, taking questions and signing copies of A Perfect Frenzy on Tuesday, February 4 at 6pm in the Paul F. Keller Meeting Hall on the ...