I just wanted to send an e-mail to tell you that I really like you web page and that it has a lot of good information.
Thanks again, Jason

I have been trying to find out how many people died in the American Revoloution. Specifically: American Soldiers, British soldiers (including Hessians and colonial loyalists) and lastly, civilians. If you know the answers to these questions could you let me know? I have seen some great web pages today on that war but none have any of the above facts listed.
Sincerely and gratefully yours, Phil Murray
P.S. Do you also by any chance know how many men served under the "Swamp Fox" (Francis Marion?) in South Carolina during the Revolution? I just found out that I am descended from someone who was in his unit. Thanks again.

Dear Mr. McGranahan -
I'm pleased to announce that Homework Help on the Internet will be available in retail and online stores by the end of July, and that your site is one of the recommended sites. This book is targeted for children in grades 4 and up and will also be distributed by Scholastic's school book clubs.
I have created a special page for the book on my web site, and you can use my author link from there to Barnes and Noble to order a copy online, and/or to make comments about updates or improvements to your site.
Thank you for your positive contribution to children using the Internet.
Marianne Dyson/Author
Space Station Science (Scholastic, 1999)
Homework Help on the Internet (Scholastic, 2000)

G'day Ron from Australia! WOW! That's all I can say. When I was delving thrugh thousands of wites re American Revolution I came across yours just now. I will be delving through it in detail shortly. Keep up the fantastic work, its a brilliant site.
I'm researching COLONEL JOHN NIXON(1733-1808), who gave the first public reading of the DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. (ref his biog in Dictionary of American Biography pp53-31) And also Brig-Gen John Nixon (1727-1815)(Dec of Amer Biog p530). Both have amazing family histories. I hope in time I can send you some full details of them, and if you have anything on the first one in particular, I'd be most grateful to read it. Would like to see some thing about Colonel Nixon on your site.
I am a fulltime writer (13 books published) and journalist in Australia; and have had the pleasure of visiting your USA a couple of times. Hope to again. Well I will now get stuck into reading your site in detail.
Again congratulations on your efforts!
Cheers, Allan M Nixon

Just a note to let you know that the URL linking the National Site for the Daughters of the American Revolution has been changed to http://www.dar.org
Laural S. Legan Florida State VIS~Vice Chairman - Web Sites

An EXCELLENT site! As an educator, I thank you for all the time and effort
you've put into this comprehensive Home Page.
Krivenb@

Dear Friend,
Your website is great, but I must map a suggestion. Please put "battle-maps" with the descriptions of the various battles you have in narrative format. Being unfamiliar with the geography of most American Revolution battles I find the narrative alone to be very confusing - graphics would clarify the situation. Suggest something like most Civil War sites have.
Regards,
Jim Forcum

I'd appreciate knowing the source for the quotation attributed to Capt. Parker ("Stand your ground...) under the picture that begins the Lexington-Concord page.
Thanks.
James Funkhouser

Dear Mr. Funkhouser:
Captain John Parker did not want an armed confrontation between his small band of militia and the over 700 British Regulars. Not wanting to risk reckless suicidal gunfire by blocking the British columns, Captain Parker first ordered his men, as Paul Revere overheard and stated in a later deposition, to "Let the troops pass by" (Revere). Parker added, "Don't molest them, without they being first (to fire)."

One of his (Parker's) men, a William Munroe, swore in a deposition in 1822, almost 50 years after the event, that he heard Captain Parker also assert: "Stand your ground! Don't fire unless fired upon! But if they want to have a war, let it begin here!"
Although a depostion was sworn (and most likely is, in fact, the way Monroe remembered it), most historians (including me) give it a 50/50 chance of being 100% accurate. There is probably no reason Monroe would lie about the statement. However, over the years some wording might have changed, or a sentence added. Those of us who have played "telephone" in grade school remember how this can happen (!)

In any case, the statement has become local legend at Lexington, MA, is engraved in stone as a marker on Lexington Green, and I for one believe that he probably said it, or at least something like it. I don't think our country will be the worse off for it if it was entirely made up. It sounds like something a "true" patriot would probably have said.
Best regards, Ron McGranahan, Webmaster

In regards to "The Patriot" movie:  Thanks for the information. I appreciate it. I am glad that Hollywood lied this time. It was very troubling.
Beavelynn Tanner

Dear Ms. Tanner:
I'm not sure that your statement that you are ". . . glad that Hollywood lied this time" is what you meant to say.

This website seems to be a great resource.  I am currently analyzing this website for a class project, and I think that I can come up with some pretty good arguments for why this website is valuable to historians, and anyone interested in the American Revolution. Thanks!
Nikki Schaa

This is a beautiful and fact filled web-site. I am helping my son's 5th grade class with the Revolution and it was a great asset to find your site. I'll let his teacher know about the site. Thanks for your great efforts.
TMJacob@

THANK YOU THANK YOU for this web site. We are putting on a 2nd grade play about flags at Trinity Luthern Scholl in Newport News, Virginia. Without your web site our flags would have been a disaster!!! Thank you again and keep up the GREAT work.
Debbie

Hi my name is Yuliet and I'd like to congratulate you for your dedications ......your home page is wonderfull I really liked it.  It has a lot of interesting things. But I need your help because I've tried to find the statistics of the American Revolution (economies and casualities) but I couldn't find it .....I really need that information.....if you have time for me please help me
sincerity yuliet bye

Dear Yuliet:  Try the "Statistics" page on my website --- it has all of the information you're looking for.
Best regards, Ron McGranahan, Webmaster

Hi, I just wanted to thank you so much for the great website you have created on the Revolution. It is just amazing. I am doing a project and looking for pictures on the internet, the best pictures came from your site. I was looking for hours for other sites with pictures, but they did not offer anything good. Thank you so much and hopefully you can make more so that I can use them over and over again! Thanks again!
Caroline Matthew

Dear Mr. McGranahan,
I wanted you to know that I found your Revolutionary War site and thoroughly enjoyed it. I also found The Patriot absurd! I laughed through a good deal of the movie. It did stimulate my curiosity about Banaster Tarleton. I would love to read more about him. I also am curious to know if the British committed any of the atrocities shown in the film. I certainly never read of anything like this (the burning of the church, for example).
Sincerely, Peggy Wilson

Ron
My son had a research project for school concerning the Intolerable Acts, The Battle of Bunker Hill, etc., big deal for an 8 year old. We just wanted to let you know how helpful your site was in providing information regarding these subjects. We actually had a good time using the site and much enjoyed the music and graphics. Thanks for the help!
Kristina and Daniel

Thank You so much!
Your website is absolutely wonderful! I got a lot of information from your site for a report I was doing for school. I have never seen so much useful information in one place! Thank you for taking the time to make such a great site!
Thank You, Laura

Dear Mr. McGranahan:
I am a huge fan of the American Revolution. It is my favorite subject to read about. I love this web-stie! It is very infomative and unbiased. My favorite characters in the Rev. War include Banastre Tarleton, Simon Fraser, Patrick Ferguson, John Andre, Lafayette, Cornwallis, and Marion. I'm kinda a British lover. I can't stand Horatio Gates, he was a coward, but had good qualities to. I love to study John Adams. Out of all the "Founding Fathers" I believe he worked the hardest and saw things with the clearest eyes. He always had America in mind when doing his business.  Without making this long, again I love your site, it is by far one of the best on the web dealing with this subject.
Take Care~Brit R.

Ron:
I have really enjoyed looking at your American Revolution site this morning. Especially the pages about Valley Forge, women, and the battles. I will be telling my DAR ladies about this site on the list mail. I'm sure they will all enjoy this site also. I would like to link my DAR pages and Valley Forge page to this site also if you don't mind.
Susan

Hi Ron:
Your site is truly remarkable, and deserves all the praise heaped upon it. However, don't you think it worth pursuing the fact that hardly anyone in England wanted to fight their 'brothers in America'. And even George III prevailed upon General Gage to "....use every endeavour to quiet the minds of the people, and by mild persuasion to induce submission".  If the roles had been reversed, what would America have done? What would America do today in similar circumstances? You do Sir, have an excellent site, and all those interested in English/American history, are indebted to you. Thank you.
Colin J. Edwards

Hi:
Thank you very much for putting your Revolution Website together. I'm an aspiring teacher and so far, it has been very helpful in refreshing my memory. I have an idea for you, and I hope you don't mind me giving it to you. There was a gal named: Deborah Sampson who dressed up as a man and fought in the Revolution for 3-5 years before she was found out. She was given an honerable discharge by General Washington. I thought it might be a tidbit you might want to include in your Ladies of Liberty section.  Just an idea.  Thanks again,
Nicole Rounce

I just wanted you to know that I have had the hardest time finding good information and pictures on the American Revolution, but your site had it all. I appreciate it!
Kristy Kelly

I have been researching my ancestry for several years and find that much of my ancestry is in the Massachusetts Bay Colony, from its founding. I wanted to take a minute and write a special thank you for your website. I have thoroughly enjoyed it. It gave me bits of information regarding the battles that all of my ancestors have fought in. Again, thank you, I enjoyed it so much.
Kathie LloydThis site is awesome! I love the music. The band is terrific. It also has an abundant amoutn of information. Keep up the good work!
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This is an awesome website....my students will love exploring this. Thank you for all the hard work and effort you put into this!!!!!!!!!!!!
Wendy Feezor- teacher

I learned alot from your American Revolution page. In my fifth grade class we had to do a report on the American Revolution. I thought Social Studies was my least favorite subject but know it is interesting.
Sincerely, Alisa Cejas
P.S: Thanks so much! You have made Social Studies fun and I told all my friends about your website.