J.L. Bell and Sam Forman
Lexington, Concord, and the Outbreak of War
As we approach the 250th anniversary on April 19, J.L. Bell and Sam Forman joined us in a special History Camp Author Discussion on what happened at Lexington and Concord.
History Camp Author Discussions and History Camp Presentations related to the outbreak and long duration of the War for Independence:
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Mark Szymcik — The First American Revolution: Western Mass before Lexington & Concord — Presented at History Camp 2023
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Christopher Kauffman — Buckman Tavern and Lexington Green, Lexington Historical Society, Lexington, Massachusetts — A tour of one of the sites we’ll see during The Pursuit of History: Outbreak of War. This was recorded for History Camp America 2021.
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Alex Cain — Lexington in the First Year of the Revolutionary War — Alex will be one of the presenters at The Pursuit of History: Outbreak of War
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Michele Gabrielson — Mercy Otis Warren and the Writings of a Revolutionary: American Calliope — Presented at History Camp 2023.
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Maureen Taylor — Images of the Revolutionary War Generation
[Broadcast on February 6, 2025 and January 1, 2025; Recorded Earlier.]
J.L. Bell (boston1775.blogspot.com) is the author of The Road to Concord: How Four Stolen Cannon Ignited the Revolutionary War, the National Park Service report Gen. George Washington’s Home and Headquarters—Cambridge, Mass., and numerous articles. He maintains the Boston 1775 website, offering daily postings of history, analysis, and unabashed gossip about Revolutionary New England. Bell is slowly working on a book about the troubled first year of the Continental artillery regiment, including Henry Knox’s rise to command.
Dr. Samuel A. Forman, MD, MBA, MPH, (illfatedfrontier.com, DrJosephWarren.com, @DrSamForman) is a historian and Harvard University faculty member. He is educated in the history of the American Revolution as well as the practice of medicine. Throughout his successful careers as a physician, military officer, and businessman, he has published and lectured on historical topics that inform current issues. Sam is the author of the award-winning biography Dr. Joseph Warren: The Boston Tea Party, Bunker Hill, and the Birth of American Liberty (Pelican, 2012). His latest book is Ill-Fated Frontier: Peril and Possibilities in the Early American West (Lyons Press of Rowman and Littlefield, 2021).
Dr. Forman is a Founding Board Member of The Pursuit of History and is a regular presenter at History Camp Boston.
