{"id":27875,"date":"2026-04-09T13:44:41","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T17:44:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/?p=27875"},"modified":"2026-04-09T13:44:41","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T17:44:41","slug":"clark-junior-earns-prize-for-revolutionary-war-research","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/clark-junior-earns-prize-for-revolutionary-war-research\/","title":{"rendered":"Clark junior earns prize for Revolutionary War research"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Connor Dunham \u201927 recently received the Middlebrook Symposium Prize from the <a href=\"https:\/\/heritagetrail.org\">Heritage Trail Association<\/a> for original research on the Revolutionary War in New Jersey. 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