A Continued Clap of Thunder: Essays to Celebrate the 250th Anniversary of the American Revolution
The final quarter of the eighteenth century witnessed transformations in global power that live on today. Three events from that time signaled that many of those power shifts – philosophical, commercial, and military – would play out within established centers of global dominance, as well as the restive British colonies on the eastern shores of North America, soon to coalesce into the United States.

In the spring of 1775, a small American militia force took Fort Ticonderoga, overwhelming British soldiers in a surprise night raid without firing a single shot, though much blood would be shed in actions to follow. The next summer, the thirteen American colonies boldly declared their independence from Britain, throwing off a hundred and fifty years of subservience to one of the mightiest nations on Earth. The following summer, on August 16, 1777, American forces took on British troops and their Hessian allies at the Battle of Bennington, proving for the first time that local militias could defeat conventional troops in open battle.

The essays collected here in A Continued Clap of Thunder commemorate the 250th anniversary of these three critical moments in American history. They also examine closely several of the major figures involved in these events, like Ethan Allen and his brother Ira, generals John Stark and John Burgoyne, and Green Mountain Boy Seth Warner. Our writers look at how the qualities on display at the Battle reflect enduring aspects of the Vermont character, and how Vermonters still wrestle with issues that compelled the Green Mountain Boys to take up arms. The history explored in these pages is rich and deep, worthy of time devoted to serious attention by those who focus on the philosophical, commercial, and military events of the twenty-first century.

PRODUCT DETAILS:
Publisher: Bennington Museum
Edited By: Damien McCaffery & Tyler Resch
Format: Softcover
Dimensions: 6 x 9 Inches (US)
Publication year: 2025
ISBN: 9798218750404