Memory Wars: Settlers and Natives Remember Washington's Sullivan Expedition of 1779

Named a 2024 Choice Outstanding Academic Title Memory Wars explores how commemorative sites and patriotic fanfare marking the mission of General John Sullivan into Iroquois territory during the Revolutionary War continue to shape historical understandings today. Sullivan's expedition was ordered by General George Washington at a tenuous moment of the Revolutionary War. It was a massive enterprise involving thousands of men who marched across northeastern Pennsylvania into what is now New Yo...