1. The American Revolution 1775 to 1781
Note to teachers and Students: Analyze works of art as lenses through which we can glimpse aspects of the American character, the hopes, fears and aspirations and also the problems, absences, contradictions between ideals and realities Images, architecture, sculpture made by artists often inscribe our beliefs, our dreams, our mistakes; How these multicultural contributions and ideas have informed the visual arts can be readily seen in images:
The American Revolution
1775 to 1781
The American revolution (Site contains a variety of itmes)
Songs of the Revolution
Site gives lyrics and interpretations
The Topic: Revolutionary War
Discovery, Exploration, Colonies, & Revolution
Site contains a very large number of links.
Colonial America 17th Century
Some samples available on line.
Songs and Ballads of the AMERICAN REVOLUTION
Artist: Archibald McNeal Willard ( ) Entitled: First known as "Yankee Doodle", and later known as "The Spirit of '76". Source:
Links to American Revolution Documents and Websites
Site contains Paintings, audio passages, maps, letters, etc
A Timeline of American Thought [emphasizing Philosophy, Theology, and Political Theory]
by John Shook Table of Contents
The Colonial / EraRepublic and Revivals / The Civil War and Evolution / Recent American Philosophy
The National Archives (ARCHIVES.GOV)
Pictures of the Revolutionary War
& Select Audiovisual records
/pictures/#be
National Archives and Records Administration Washington, DC 20408
This site contains NUMEROUS maps covering a wide variety of topics in American history.

2. The Concord Hymn Ralph Waldo Emerson (1837)
By the rude bridge that arched the flood,      Their flag to April's breeze unfurled; Here once the embattled farmers stood;      And fired the shot heard round the world. The foe long since in silence slept;      Alike the conqueror silent sleeps,      And Time the ruined bridge has swept      Down the dark stream that seaward creeps. On this green bank, by this soft stream,      We place with joy a votive stone, That memory may their deeds redeem,      When, like our sires, our sons are gone. O Thou who made those heroes dare      To die, and leave their children free, -- Bid Time and Nature gently spare      The shaft we raised to them and Thee.
Washington Crossing the Delaware,
Leutze, Emanuel.; o/c, 12'5" x 21'3“
[NY Metropolitan Museum of Art]
The Boston Tea Party
Midnight Ride
Of Paul Revere
Route map
The below site
has Numerous
items
especially on important persons
Prince Whipple and American Painting
Written by J. Dennis Robinson
Who is the Black Crewman in "Washington Crossing the Delaware"?
The Shot Heard 'Round the World’ by Domenick D'Andrea
Some pictures depicted herein are from the Heritage Series web site listed below. The site also contains information on each painting.
Surrender of Lord Cornwallis By: John Trumbull Oil on canvas, 12' x 18 Commissioned 1817
"...The Whites of Their Eyes!“ by Ken Riley