by Kate Dolan | Sep 18, 2019 | Colonial America, Living History
We may owe our independence as a nation to a fancy tent and some pilfered uniforms. As autumn began in 1782, George Washington set up camp outside New York City. A year after the decisive victory at Yorktown, the situation was by no means as jubilant as most Americans...
by Kate Dolan | Jul 11, 2014 | Articles, Colonial America, Kate Dolan, Latest Posts, Living History
“I’m at the Historical Society,” I texted my husband during our recent trip to New York. “At the bar.” I probably didn’t need to tell him either of those things. In a city of over eight million people, where else would I be? The New-York Historical Society was closed...
