Virginia’s reconstructed colonial capital, long criticized as presenting an idealized image of the American Revolution, brings its history into the 21st century.
Tag: Revolutionary War, American (1775-83)
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1776 Is Not Just What Ron DeSantis Wants It to Be
The question is not which allies he hopes to empower or which elections he hopes to win, but what order he hopes to create and usher into being.
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Was This Washington Portrait Really by Charles Peale? Experts Took a Look.
The authenticity of the painting, which was seized by the British Navy during the Revolutionary War, had been questioned because of overpainting and gaps in its provenance.
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For Broadway’s ‘1776’ Revival, the Drama Is Offstage
A cast member criticized the consciously progressive revival for its handling of race in rehearsals, saying there had been “harm done.” She later apologized for her comments.
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Was Elizabeth the Queen of America? This Week It Seemed Like It.
More than two centuries after Americans fought for freedom from the British crown, their descendants are absorbed by the latest chapter in the royal family’s drama.