American Revolution Podcast

On July 29, South Carolina militia launched an army to put an end to the attacks on their frontier.

For more context, check out Episode 102 of the American Revolution Podcast.

https://blog.amrevpodcast.com/2019/06/episode-102-cherokee-war-in-south.html
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Our July 2026 Round Table welcomed Mark Di Vincenzo, author of Button Gwinnett: America's Accidental Founding Father.

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After being forced into the waters off Virginia, Royal Governor Dunmore orders one final raid up the Potomac River which fights a skirmish on July 23, 1776. By some accounts, the raid was intended to reach Mount Vernon and possibly kidnap Martha Washington. It never got that close, but it did manage to pick up Harry Washington, an escaped slave from Mount Vernon who was ready to join the loyalist cause and earn his freedom.

For more context on these events, check out Episode 69 and Episode 77 of the American Revolution Podcast.

https://blog.amrevpodcast.com/2018/11/episode-069-south-joins-war.html

https://blog.amrevpodcast.com/2018/12/episode-077-dunmore-proclamation-and.html

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Tennessee's rocky road to statehood in 1796 was a difficult one, lasting over a decade. Their first governor had been a wanted fugitive just a few years earlier.

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Book Recommendation of the Week:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠Tennessee: A Short History, by Robert Corlew, et. al.

Online Recommendation of the Week: History of Tennessee: Its People and its Institutions, https://archive.org/details/historyoftenness00garr_0

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While twelve colonies declared Independence on July 2, 1776, and approved the Declaration on July 4, New York refused to give its delegates to the Continental Congress permission to vote on Independence. On July 9th, after announcements that the twelve other states had declared their independence, New York finally acted. Message reached the Continental Congress on July 15th that the vote for independence was unanimous, with support in all thirteen states.

For more context, listen to Episode 99 of the American Revolution Podcast. https://blog.amrevpodcast.com/2019/06/episode-099-declaring-independence.html
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