E39: Eric Sterner: The Gnaddenhutten Massacre
Dispatches: The Podcast of the Journal of the American Revolution
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This week our guest is NASA’s former Associate Deputy Administrator for Policy and Planning and JAR contributor Eric Sterner. In 1782, six months after Cornwallis' surrender at Yorktown, one of the most heinous events in the history of the American Revolution occurred in eastern Ohio. Known as the "Gnaddenhutten Massacre," Patriot militiamen murdered peaceful Moravian Indians in a misdirected act of retaliation and revenge. For more information visit www.allthingsliberty.com.