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The Loyalists who supported the British during the American Revolution have frequently been neglected in accounts of that conflict. Nevertheless, Loyalists made significant efforts to assist British forces in restoring royal control of the thirteen colonies. This was especially true in South Carolina, where backcountry Loyalists under almost-forgotten leaders such as Joseph Robinson and Euan McLaurin challenged the Revolutionary movement in 1775. Although their initial efforts were unsuccessful, Robinson, McLaurin and hundreds of their followers eventually made their way to…

The Age of Atlantic Revolution, circa 1750 through 1850, was a defining moment in western history as it shaped our understanding of rights, politics, trade, religion and nationalist values. Tying together the crises and conflicts that occurred in North America, Europe and Central America, Patrick Griffin, professor of history at Notre Dame, shows that the Age of Atlantic Revolution was rooted in how people in an interconnected world struggled through violence, liberation and war, and how the transformation of empires…

On November 13, 1942, the American cruiser USS Juneau was torpedoed and sunk by a Japanese submarine during the Battle of Guadalcanal. Serving on the cruiser were George, Francis, Joseph, Madison and Albert Sullivan, five brothers from Waterloo, Iowa, who were all tragically killed in the attack. In 1944, their parents, Thomas and Alleta Sullivan, were presented with five Purple Heart medals by Rear Admiral Clark H. Woodward in the Key Room at Anderson House, where several U.S. Navy departments…