Long have I dreamed of a General Washington movie. It was just announced! The sequel to Young Washington. Assume it will be called General Washington (and focus on the Crossing) and then hopefully complete the trilogy with President Washington. #hatm

It’s not how you start, but how you finish Read Colleen Shogan on GW wapo.st/4eXieh4

Before seeing Young Washington in theaters, watch the film’s director and several historians (including me) discuss the facts vs the storytelling. Now available on Amazon! www.amazon.com/Washington-H...

American Honor!?! Where have I seen that title before?

One of the most incredible things I have ever worked on: Recently discovered documents, written by John Dickinson in 1775, that reveal his secret and previously unknown efforts to prevent the American Revolution. Now featured in the New York Times. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/30/u...

Had a great time teaching K-12 teachers about the “Uncertainty After Yorktown” yesterday at Christopher Newport U.

It’s some kind of ocular device…. #hatm

Honor

Who should write the Declaration of Independence?

Now we can keep time in Norfolk and Saipan! JAWS new custom GMT watches by Stirling

How accurate is the new movie Young Washington? Watch as Edward Lengel, Colleen Shogan, Gregory Jackson and I have an in-depth conversation with the film's director Jon Erwin on the history versus storytelling in the movie. #GeorgeWashington www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNGY...

Listen to History As It Happens, where Daniel Gullotta, @michaelhattem.bsky.social, and I discuss the work and legacy of #GordonWood with host @martindicaro.bsky.social historyasithappens.libsyn.com/gordon-woods...

For all of you who admired and learned from Gordon Wood's work, as I manifestly did, here is a fresh set of tributes at the Library of America website. www.loa.org/news-and-vie...

.#JAWbone’s Presidency /Commander-in-Chief series continues with Thomas Jefferson (shown here as played by our producer Rob Fortner) podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/j...

Ben Franklin and John Adams would be concerned…

Thrilled to announce that I was named the 2026 Joint Forces Staff College Faculty Excellence Award for my work at JAWS at our pre-graduation ball.

Why Gordon Wood Will Matter Long After Many of His Critics Are Forgotten substack.com/@stevenmintz...

The tasteful thickness of my Founders’ honor team card. Oh my God! It even has a watermark!

My tribute to the late Gordon Wood for @theatlantic.com www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

Gordon Wood died yesterday at 92 after being struck by a car in East Providence. He was my Phd advisor and I recall some experiences with him. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/gordo...

Gordon Wood being killed just weeks before the 250th somehow makes this tragedy even worse.

Absolutely awful news. Gordon Wood was a titan! The historical field won’t be the same without him. www.golocalprov.com/news/pulitze...

Thomas Crown 2: The World Cup Is Not Enough

1776 was important, but don't forget 1783! It formed the ideological foundation for the US military and preserved the Revolution's ideals. Had a fantastic time talking with Robert Allison on #Revolution250 about my latest work, "Securing Victory, 1781-1783." www.youtube.com/live/W9YCCq_...

What watch should I buy?

We now have a historian publicly pontificating on George Washington being in hell or at least a long stay purgatory…. Is this the ultimate academic arrogance?

It’s almost like people didn’t understand the plot of Terminator 1 & 2…

If I ever open a tea shop... #HATM @schwarzenegger.bsky.social

Spent last week in LA filming history behind the movie content for #YoungWashington with the film’s director Jon Erwin, Colleen Shogan, Ed Lengel, & Greg Jackson. Can’t think of another instance where a director sat down with scholars like this… #hatm

Happy Mothers Day! Always remember every mother is a Founding Mother to their child.

Devil Wears Prada 2 is meh. It fails mostly for the same reason as most modern action movies…no one liners. #hatm

America 250 in Tokyo

Choose your own adventure…unexploded WW2 munitions or fire ants

WW2 sites in Guam

The only proper response is more Founders chic!

This was a Rolex store once…

Amelia Earhart Crashed Here…the Hawaiian equivalent of George Washington Slept Here

Had to dress chic in Hawaii…Founders chic (Shirt based on 18th century fabric “The Apotheosis of Franklin and Washington)

New Writing Fellowships! The Forge Individual Writing Fellowship and The Professor Richard H. Kohn Cohort Writing Fellowship: www.militarywritersguild.org/fellowships. **These fellowships are only open to current MWG members. Please only apply if you’re a member.**

“Pleased to meet you Mr. Plissken” “Call me….Snake” “Pleased to meet you Mr. Snake”

Everyone please think good thoughts for our fellow Americans on #Guam & the Northern Mariana Islands (esp. #Saipan). Our school visits every year & are welcomed warmly. They are important islands with nice people. Let’s hope the impact of this storm is minimal www.sfchronicle.com/weather/arti...

If there are no/few postings…then there isn’t an opportunity to get a job. That’s not an interpretation.

They are violating the first rule of Ape Law!

Alan Guelzo keynote @miamiuniversity.bsky.social “The Shot that Really Was Heard ‘Round the World: the Global Impact of the American Revolution”

Coming up…

Tomorrow I’ll be speaking at @miamiuniversity.bsky.social. My talk "Submitted to a Candid World": Crafting American Revolutionary Words and Deeds for a Global Audience” will focus on how Americans were talking to the world from the start. events.miamioh.edu/event/April1...

The Rothermere American Institute at Oxford is recruiting for the Churchill Associate Professor of United States Politics, looking especially for a colleague with expertise in American political development. The application deadline is May 6. See the job listing here: www.rai.ox.ac.uk/vacancies