The Real Story of the American Revolution 

Calendars, Flags, Maps, and Timelines

Latest Changes: 07Aug25 - RevWar calendar / 07Oct15 - drummers,Drill Manual and video / 07Dec23 - split from uniforms /

Calendars  Calendar: Many well-known engravings are used to illustrate the pages of the Wall Calendar from Revolution Wear, which notes a Revolutionary event for each day of the year. Calendar: For each day of the year at least one event (from any year of the Revolution) is listed in the SAR day-by-day calendar. Multi-year Calendar: The Connecticut Society SAR has on its site a month-by-month listing of Revolutionary War events, with a brief description for each has been posted

Maps for the Revolutionary War Era  The History Department of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point has posted about fifty Revolutionary War maps scanned at high-resolution (as both GIF and EPS files). You may download a file and view it at the magnification that suits your needs. See the index to the RW map collection. Left-click a map link and save it to a directory where you can find it and determine which of your viewers works best for the file.. Global Gazetteer of the American Revolution [John A. Robertson] - has geographic coordinates, maps, and descriptions of hundreds of battles (and many gravesites) of the American Revolution, including battles involving our ally, France, and its ally, Spain. many links to other on-line maps [John A. Robertson] New Jersey: Rutgers University has posted a number of maps, noting that "Permission is granted solely to view these map images." -- 1780 roads in NJ -- NJ Revolutionary War Maps includes a detailed map listing all RW battles in NJ (originally drawn in 1945 by John Alden -- New Jersey SAR).

Timelines  Timelines posted by the National Park Service (NPS) include the American Revolution from 1775 to 1783, by Dr. Christine Swager [NPS at Cowpens] Timelines posted by the Library of Congress include for 1764-1775 (prior to the Declaration of Independence) George Washinton's activities during the Revolution for 1776-1789 (from then until the acceptance of the Constitution). Timeline of Rev. War Events in Georgia [Georgia Society SAR]