American Revolutionary War Sites, Memorials, Museums and Library Collections

A State-by-State Guidebook to Places Open to the Public

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About the Book

Up-to-date information on over 700 sites in 28 states dedicated to the American Revolution, including battlefields, memorial markers, statues, museums, cemeteries, other landmarks, and library collections. Arranged by state, each entry provides a descriptive profile, address and telephone number, admission fees (if any) and policies, hours open, and other pertinent information. For each state, there is a profile of its role and a timeline of events.

About the Author(s)

Veteran reference writer Doug Gelbert is a lecturer in Montchanin, Delaware.

Bibliographic Details

Doug Gelbert
Format: softcover (6 x 9)
Pages: 261
Bibliographic Info: index
Copyright Date: 2003 [1998]
pISBN: 978-0-7864-1696-7
eISBN: 978-1-4766-0816-7
Imprint: McFarland

Table of Contents

Introduction     1

The Sites, Memorials and Collections (state by state)     3
Index     249

Book Reviews & Awards

“charming informative anecdotes…extensive set of sites (approximately eight hundred)…a good introduction to persons, places, and actions of the Revolutionary period”—Reference & User Services Quarterly; “very useful”—Reference Reviews; “handy…entertaining…added value”—The Journal of America’s Military Past; “useful”—Rettig on Reference.