Summer 2026: America 250 - Florida in the American Revolution
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Features in This Issue
‘Yo Solo’: Bernardo deGalvez’s Bold Strike at Pensacola
‘Yo Solo’: Gálvez’s Bold Strike at Pensacola How a daring Spanish general defeated the British in West Florida and shaped the course of the American Revolution. By James Cusick “It has been my great misfortune,” British general John Campbell wrote to his superiors in 1781, “to have been employed in [...]
A Loyal Province in a Rebel Age
A Loyal Province in a Rebel Age In Britain’s East Florida, Loyalists repelled three Continental Army invasions, frustrating General George Washington’s designs on a strategic outpost. By Roger Smith It’s one of the most basic American history lessons: These United States grew from 13 colonies that rebelled against the tyrannical [...]
A Loyalist’s Life
A Loyalist’s Life The discovery of Mary Port Macklin’s lost memoir reveals a Revolutionary-era saga of love, loyalty, imprisonment, and exile—from Charleston’s “Noah’s Ark” to British St. Augustine and the Bahamas. By James Cusick Mary Port Macklin’s lost memoir. One afternoon in March 2002, the Department of Special Collections at [...]
Revolution in the Streets, Revelations in the Swamp
Revolution in the Streets, Revelations in the Swamps As musket fire echoed in the colonies, two observers in the Floridas turned their attention to plants, people, and place. By James Cusick As events spiraled toward Revolution in Boston and Philadelphia, two men in the British Floridas were furiously compiling notes [...]
