Australian Hector Dinning encountered the harrowing aftermath of World War I in the Middle East, including T.E. Lawrence

The week before the British Invasion of New York began, in June 1776, Washington faced down an assassination plot.

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A decorated officer with the Grenadier Guards experienced the British Army’s biggest battles on the Western Front, but struggled to expose his true feelings.

News of American defeat in Canada prompted George Washington to share with Benjamin Franklin his loss of hope for conquering the province.

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Irish war artist Sir William Orpen’s art reflected his bitterness over the cost of war

How to discipline civilians, and still defer to civilian authority? Washington wrestled with this elemental issue in the Spring of 1776

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Margaret Mayo entered the battle zone to support Doughboys entering and returning from battle in St. Mihiel and the Meuse-Argonne

In April 1776 Washington’s troops rioted in New York City’s red light district. He was less concerned with punishing those involved than with advocating for his “military family.”

A Hidden Gem, One Mole Rampant unforgettably depicts mining operations in the Ypres Salient, 1914-1915

George Washington arrived in New York City 250 years ago today, and pondered the “difficult card” he had to play.

An Australian in the Imperial Camel Corps: The Cameliers by Oliver Hogue.

George Washington exchanged one battle front for another when he rode from Boston to New York City in April 1776.

Book review of one of the best artillery memoirs ever written, by 18-pounder battery subaltern William Carr.

Heading into Easter Sunday—April 7, 1776—George Washington’s reflections led him to consider questions of hope, gratitude, and forgiveness.

James Hoban began designing the White House in an era of partisan conflict. George Washington hoped the building would unite, not divide, the nation.

A review of Scotsman Hugh Quigley’s Memoir of War on the Western Front, Passchendaele and the Somme.

The British evacuation of Boston on March 17, 1776, did not put George Washington in any mood for celebrating.