The American Revolution was essentially a French triumph ... (He also designed its uniforms, combining the red and blue colors of Paris with the white of the Bourbon kings—signifying a potential ...

By using surviving artifacts, eyewitness testimony, accurately reproduced uniforms ... Revolution, in the past, he has produced rich studies of soldiers and scenes of the French & Indian War ...

Yet, during the earliest days of the American Revolution—before independence was even declared—the uniforms worn by the ... likely even supplied—by the French. This dragoon helmet could ...

the commander of the French forces at Yorktown. NMAH, on loan from the collection of Nicholas Taubman In a global context, the American Revolution was largely a war about trade and economic ...

Today's installment is inspired by the fact that it is Bastille Day, the celebration of French independence ... moment in the run-up to the American Revolution. Although the term Tea Party ...