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Americana Corner
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Приєднався 21 січ 2021
Rediscover the stories of America’s incredible founding and first century of expansion, and, in turn, a love of history and country. Each week we publish articles and videos about the great events, founding documents, and inspirational leaders who helped create and shape our country. And, each month, we spotlight Preserving America grant recipients focused on telling the great American story and how our fellow citizens are keeping alive our heroes of the past.
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The Federal Convention Opens
Under the Articles of Confederation, Congress lacked the authority to raise an army without the approval of the states, all treaties had to be unanimously approved, and most importantly, Congress did not have the power to levy taxes. Congress decided to hold a convention of all states in Philadelphia to review how to fix these and other issues. To add credibility to the convention, the primary organizers, James Madison and Alexander Hamilton, felt it was critical for George Washington to attend. Washington reluctantly agreed to represent Virginia at the gathering, and was unanimously chosen to preside over the convention, which began on May 25, 1787 in Philadelphia.
Tom Hand, creator and publisher of Americana Corner, discusses the opening of the Federal Convention, and why it still matters today.
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Library of Congress
Brown University Library
Architect of the Capitol
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
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Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
Wikimedia
Tom Hand, creator and publisher of Americana Corner, discusses the opening of the Federal Convention, and why it still matters today.
Photo Credits:
Yale University Art Gallery
National Archives
Library of Congress
Brown University Library
Architect of the Capitol
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York Public Library
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
Wikimedia
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General George Washington’s Finest Hour
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On December 4, 1783, General Washington gathered his officers together at Fraunces Tavern and bid them an emotional farewell. The next task was to resign his commission, no small matter for the man who had led the nation since June 1775. Washington recognized it was critical to the preservation of our republic that he relinquish his military power to civilian authority. Consequently, on Decembe...
Aftermath of the Newburgh Conspiracy
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General George Washington’s leadership on March 15, 1783, ended the Newburgh Conspiracy, upholding the revolutionary principle of civilian control of the military. In November, the Continental Army was officially disbanded, and the following month, General Washington traveled to Annapolis and resigned his commission to the Confederation Congress on December 23, 1783. That Washington resisted th...
The Newburgh Conspiracy - Washington Ends a Crisis
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By early 1783, a few high-ranking officers in the Continental Army, then stationed in Newburgh, were considering refusing to disband until Congress fulfilled their promises of a pension for the men. Their leader was General Horatio Gates, George Washington’s second-in-command. On March 10, Major John Armstrong, aide to General Gates, circulated a letter suggesting the Army refuse to disband unt...
The Newburgh Conspiracy - Dissension in the Ranks
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In December 1782, the Continental Army had been fighting the British Army for over seven years. With peace negotiations underway, the soldiers were garrisoned near Newburgh, New York. Congress had passed a resolution in 1780 when the outcome of the war was still in doubt that promised Army officers a lifetime pension of half-pay upon discharge from the service. However, as peace talks progresse...
Preserving the Story of Southwestern Ohio: Heritage Village Museum and Education Center
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This Preserving America profile features the Heritage Village Museum and Education Center, a living history museum depicting life in southwestern Ohio throughout the nineteenth century. Homes, out-buildings, and equipment were moved to the museum grounds from other locations in the region to be preserved and aid in telling the story of the recent past. Interpreters at the museum share interesti...
American Revolution Ends with the Treaty of Paris
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After Cornwallis surrendered at Yorktown on October 19, 1781, peace negotiations commenced in Paris in April 1782 with the talented United States contingent that included Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, John Jay, and Henry Laurens. In September, France’s Foreign Minister Vergennes put forth a proposal that would have left America an independent but weak nation, with thousands of miles of hostile...
British Surrender at Yorktown
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General George Washington led his combined Continental and French Army into Virginia in mid-September 1781 to trap the British Army under General Lord Charles Cornwallis at Yorktown. To support Washington, the French fleet arrived in the Chesapeake on August 30 and six days later outgunned the British at the Battle of the Capes. On September 28, Washington’s army of 16,000 men opened the siege ...
The Yorktown Campaign
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After marching throughout the Carolinas and Georgia, winning most of the pitched battles but never securing the “hearts and minds” of the upcountry people, British commander Lord Charles Cornwallis entered Virginia to await reinforcements and further instructions. In late July 1781, Cornwallis was ordered to establish a deep-water port in the Chesapeake Bay and he selected Yorktown on the York ...
Closing Scenes of the Penobscot Expedition
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The Penobscot Expedition of 1779 ended in dismal failure with the entire American fleet, the largest ever assembled in the American Revolution, being destroyed and the army walking back to Boston embarrassed and humiliated. All fiascos need a scapegoat, and the Penobscot Expedition was no exception. Tom Hand, creator and publisher of Americana Corner, discusses who was blamed and the consequenc...
Preserving a Site that Set America on Its Path to Liberty: Historic St. John’s Church
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This Preserving America profile features the Historic St. John’s Church Foundation, whose mission is to spark a global appreciation for the role that Patrick Henry’s “Liberty or Death” speech had in setting America on its path to liberty for all, and to ignite the public’s commitment for preserving the historic site where it happened. For more than fifty years, the Foundation has produced live ...
Disaster for Americans at Penobscot Bay
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On August 13, 1779, the Americans in Penobscot Bay were trapped by a British fleet under Sir George Collier. Between midnight and 5 a.m., 750 Massachusetts militiamen and all their supplies were loaded back onto twenty-five transport ships and moved north towards the Penobscot River, hoping to make their escape. Inconceivably, the entire American fleet, all 44 ships, would be gone the next day,...
Time Runs Out for Americans at Penobscot Bay
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The Penobscot Expedition stalled soon after the fighting started due to a squabble between the army commander, General Solomon Lovell, and his naval counterpart, Commodore Dudley Saltonstall. Showing a reluctance to engage the enemy that bordered on cowardice, Saltonstall was an obstacle that Lovell could not overcome. Without the support of Saltonstall’s guns, Lovell refused to risk a frontal ...
The Penobscot Expedition
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The Penobscot Expedition that sailed from Boston Harbor consisted of 1,400 men loaded onto 25 transport vessels and defended by 19 warships, the largest fleet ever assembled by the Americans during the war. It approached Penobscot Bay on July 25, 1779, six weeks after the British had arrived and began construction on Fort George. Despite their best efforts, the fort was unfinished and remained ...
British Forces Establish Foothold in Penobscot Bay
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The greatest naval disaster in our nation’s history until Pearl Harbor was a largely forgotten episode that took place on the remote coast of Maine in the summer of 1779. That year, Lord George Germaine, the British Secretary of State for the American colonies, decided to establish a northern foothold on the coastline between Boston and Halifax to better suppress smuggling that was rampant in N...
Preserving a 19th Century Industrial Community: Historic Village at Allaire
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Preserving a 19th Century Industrial Community: Historic Village at Allaire
Spain, America’s Undeclared Ally in the American Revolution
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Spain, America’s Undeclared Ally in the American Revolution
Preserving the Hudson Valley’s Role in the American Revolution: U.S. Military Academy at West Point
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Preserving the Hudson Valley’s Role in the American Revolution: U.S. Military Academy at West Point
Brutal Warfare Continues on the Frontier in 1782
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Brutal Warfare Continues on the Frontier in 1782
British Strike Back Against Clark’s Gains in Illinois Country
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British Strike Back Against Clark’s Gains in Illinois Country
Preserving America’s Military Heritage: Fort Ticonderoga
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Preserving America’s Military Heritage: Fort Ticonderoga
Clark’s Intrepid Winter March to Vincennes
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Clark’s Intrepid Winter March to Vincennes
It was anti monarchists v minarchists all British and the anti monarchists won.
You should be in every classroom in America every morning. That's grades to twelve . Just maybe these kids and teachers will learn something about America
We welcome educators to use our content for this purpose. Our goal is to broadcast the wonder that is America and inspire love of history and love of country. Take care.
Very interesting perspective on Washington : the leader!
With a continued spread of autocracy throughout the world, and men's continued pursuit of absolute power, how can you not be in total awe of Washington's rejection of that great sin?
OutSTANDING Tom
If only 95% of whats in DC today would resign their commission, how much better off we'd be...
He was my 5th generation cousin. His brother Thomas was my 5th generation grandfather. He fought at Valley Forge.
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George Washington is 3 of Diamonds ♦♦♦REST IN POWER Blessings and HUGS! 👑💜
These are the definition of winter soldiers
Upstream about 12 miles, Washington would puke if he saw Newburgh today.
Your bookshelf is very cool. I have never seen Washington crossing the Delaware on book spines.
Newburgh Ulster County New York. #OldeUlster
Dave Richard's has written a fine book...Swords in their hands ...about the Newburg conspiracy...highly RECCOMEND...
The effects of Washington’s integrity reverberate even today. He was amazing.
My great great great great so on so forth grandfather Henry Knox everybody!!!
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they literally destroyed the entire Iroquois nation. they weren't just destroying military camps. they were destroying entire native towns. WHY are you acting so positive about it. it's disturbing
Only 13 likes come on, people. I look forward to Tom every week. Rodeo formative if you are familiar with the topic, he presents it in A way that anybody could understand Tom, look forward to hearing her answer you every week. I even have your book. American triumph. Very informative. The chapters or short, but sweet thanks again, she next week
My 7th GGF Charles Grim , a close condidant one of Daniel morgans riflemen survived the battle and prison and returned to virginia, hence im here to live
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Thinking how Benjamin Franklin was involved in the Albany convention so many years prior and ends up at the French treaty. This one person nearly single-handedly out maneuvered and maneuvered and pull strings as he saw fit. To me he is to be revered more than George Washington or any other, founding father
A British civil war fought on colonial soil
Thank you and good morning, always. Looking forward to your little 3 minutes of information. I bought your book. I love it. One of those books, yeah, you can pick up and start reading it anywhere. Thank you again
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Well what did they do about it? After the war did they burn their homes and destroy all their warriors?
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British civil war fought in the colonies
You mean Colonies under British rule, fighting to free themselves in order to rule themselves
Happy Independence Day. Since the recent Supreme Court ruling apparently gives the President of the United States, King-like immunity and the main focus of the American Revolution was to throw off the chains of a tyrannical King...do you have any thoughts on the future of the Office of the President and how future content creators might look back upon the history that we are creating at present?
TDS
Well, you can find comfort in this: aflds.org/about-us/press-releases/scotus-murthy-v-missouri-ruling-subverts-free-speech
@@sdfmills9909 Why would I take comfort in that?
This latest ruling from the SC should ease your concerns that they don’t always decide against you. The Swampists love this attack on free speech.
I think its a very dangerous ruling. Though I don't agree with persecuting a political opponent, this ruling will open the flood gate for future presidents to do whatever they want, without fear of being called on it. Its not a good thing at all. It will probably cause our own demise.
A British civil war fought in the colonies.
Zionist star of Rothschild
Other texts present the Bill of Rights as the result of the "battle" between federalists and anti-federalists.
Spain paid and funded the Yorktown campaign and also paid and refurbished Degrasse's French fleet allowing Degrasse to travel to both the Chesapeake and later Yorktown which Spain also had a huge role in the military planning of Yorktown which is why the Spanish Ambassador was invited to the Yorktown victory celebration in October of last year 2023! Spain protected French possessions in the Caribbean allowing Degrasse to travel to his destination freely without worry! Spanish General Bernardo de Gálvez was kind and generous enough to release his own French troops under Spanish command and ALLOWED Degrasse to take them to go reinforce Rochambeau at Yorktown! Spain paid both the French and Continental soldiers who hadn't been paid for several months and years causing several mutinees! Spain also sent muskets to Saratoga in coordination with the French in 1777! Spain sent weapons and cannons and supplies to the American Colonies inside French ships from France! So when the ships arrived everyone assumed the entire cargo was only French lol! Huge mistake but understandable! The very first foreign weapons arrived from Spain to Marblehead Massachusetts in February 1775 by Diego de Gardoqui! Spanish weapons were there before Lexington and Concord before the Declaration of Independence and before America's so called first and oldest ally France! Spain definitely tipped the balance in favor of the American Revolution!
One part of the story that is not well discussed or explained is how the troops were provisioned on their long march from RI to NY to NJ and the VA. These were apparently caches of supplies along the way and the troops marched on parallel stream through NJ (for example).
Yorktown was paid for by Spain!
You raise a good point regarding the caches of supplies along Washington’s route of march to Yorktown. Without these mini supply depots, his army could not have sustained their prolonged march. Prepositioning caches of supplies along a planned route of march was the “best practice” for sustaining an army during a prolonged campaign or march during that era. Nathanael Greene did a masterful job of creating caches these during Washington’s retreat from New York in 1776 and is often credited with helping Washington remain ahead of the British. The other option for sustaining an army on a long march was to use a supply wagon train, usually pulled by oxen or horses, to carry supplies with the army. This slowed down the entire column and required soldiers to protect the relatively defenseless supply wagons that were easy prey for cavalry raids. Thank you for your question. Take care.
The Todd brothers are in my family line. All gave some, some gave all.
The narrator should have learned how to pronounce Oriskany.
He also left his slaves money in his will.
I enjoy each of your videos greatly. I wondered about a couple of things: When you started this channel and the videos, did you have a "progression" in mind, or were you choosing "tidbits" of history and randomly producing each episode? Also, as a former classroom teacher, have you considered how a teacher of U.S. History might utilize these segments in their work? In other words, can they be "packaged" into various and related units for use in the classroom?
I did not have a progression in mind at the start but subsequently decided to post stories of our nation’s past in chronological order. It seems to make sense to tell our story as it unfolded. Regarding packaging these stories and videos, I have given this idea a lot of thought and hope to create a more user friendly and teacher friendly way of bundling our content in the coming year. Thank you for your interest in Americana Corner and your questions. Take care.
The commodore should have been held in charges of treason. He didn’t fight, burned the fleet, and gave the British the victory and area.
Remember, Paul is our apostle (Romans 11:13) ❤
Have you filmed a segment on Colonial America’s Religions?
Thank you Tom Hand and Americana Corner for everything you continue to do to promote and preserve our nation's rich history. It is greatly appreciated.
Looking sharp sir. 🇺🇸
No comment? Still a good video Tom
Thanks for watching. Take care.
What an incredible, and extremely frustrating, story. It really makes you appreciate all the Americans who stood toe to toe with the British, even when they had less favorable odds.
I'm surprised at not mentioning Lee's Mexican war campaigns.
They were basically American aristocrats! It's interesting how so many fortunes were lost in our countries history. These were huge farms & plantations compared to today. But not many survived.
I watch this video on Martha Washington's birthday. It is a great capsule biography of Martha Washington, who rose to the roles presented to her in life and fulfilled them with a sense of honor indeed. Huzzah!
The village map pictured is of Fort Plain, not Cherry Valley. It is also a map depicting the village around 1891.