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Smithsonian Magazine publishes Andrew Lawler

Wednesday, November 12, 2025 3:28 PM | Anonymous member (Administrator)


In January 1776, Virginia’s Port City of Norfolk Was Set Ablaze, Galvanizing the Revolution. But Who Really Lit the Match?
Blaming the British for the destruction helped persuade some wavering colonists to back the fight for independence. But the source of the inferno was not what it seemed. Read the full article written by Andrew Lawler published in the Smithsonian Magazine. 
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