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Before Washington Could Lead America, He Had to Learn to Lose

Washington won by resilience, enduring defeats in New York yet securing key victories and ultimately shaping a stable, democratic nation.

by Andrew Jackson O'Shaugnhessy via Washington Post
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on April 14, 2026
A British General’s Lost Journal Reveals Life Inside the Siege of Boston

Breaking history: A key moment in the Revolution looks different through John Burgoyne’s eyes.

by Andrew Jackson O'Shaugnhessy via Washington Post
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on March 17, 2026

The Founding of Thomas Jefferson's University

Peter S. Onuf, John A. Ragosta, Andrew Jackson O'Shaugnhessy

Republic and Empire: Crisis, Revolution, and America's Early Independence

Andrew Jackson O'Shaugnhessy, Trevor Burnard

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An illustration of a colonial American drummer boy walking around the globe.

The American Revolution Wasn’t the Main Event

Americans have long imagined that they set off a global age of revolt. Seen within the era’s wider wars of empire, the story looks rather different.

by Daniel Immerwahr via The New Yorker on May 4, 2026

Historians Write About a Different Jefferson Now: Four Books Show How Different

Four new books show how different, and maybe also why.

by S. Richard Gard Jr. via Virginia Magazine on December 1, 2019

George Washington and Alexander Hamilton, drawn to be crying, and up to their shoulders in water/tears.

Disillusioned Revolutionaries

Many founders died in despair about the American experiment.

by Matt Welch via Reason on June 13, 2026

Benjamin Franklin playing chess with Lady Caroline Howe while Admiral Lord Richard Howe looks on, London, December 1774; watercolor circa 1875–1885

Commanders and Courtiers

Lost wars, especially when defeat comes as a rude surprise, inevitably spark painful self-examination.

by T. H. Breen via New York Review of Books on February 2, 2023

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