Landmarks of the American Revolution / Gary B. Nash.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nash, Gary B.

Series:

American landmarks (Oxford University Press)

American landmarks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Historic sites--United States.

Historic sites.

United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Battlefields.

United States.

United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Monuments.

United States--History, Local.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (158 p. ) ill. (some col.), col. maps ;

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, c2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In 1775, on the green of Lexington, Massachusetts, 2,200 British minutemen fired upon the local militia -- seventy colonial farmers and village artisans in total. The British suffered staggering losses: half of their troops died. And so began the American Revolution. In Landmarks of the American Revolution, fourteen key sites and numerous secondary locales show with rich detail and fascinating anecdotes where the War of Independence took place. In addition to the Lexington-Concord Battle Site, historian Gary Nash features Independence Hall in Philadelphia where the Declaration of Independence was signed; John Paul Jones House in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, where the out-of-work, 28-year-old immigrant who went on to become one of the new nation's naval heroes lived; Peyton Randolph House in Williamsburg, Virginia, a place emblematic of African Americans' role in the war; and many other significant places of the American Revolution. A dynamic journey through history that reveals all sides in the war -- loyalists, patriots, African American, Native American, women, British -- Landmarks of the American Revolution brings to life how a new nation came to be.

Contents:

Lexington Green

Independence Hall, Independence National

Valley Forge National Historic Park

Marblehead Historic District

Faneuil Hall

Peyton Randolph House

John and Abigail Adams House, Adams

Johnson Hall

Old Saint Mary's Episcopal Church

Old South Meeting House

Francis Hopkinson House

Yorktown Battlefield, Colonial National Historic Park.

Notes:

"Published in association with the National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service, and the National Parks Foundation."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 145-147) and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-280-60314-3

1-4294-4040-6

OCLC:

252615883