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Dachau Concentration Camp - least any one forgets! In 1751, the New York Gazette and Post Boy carried the first public report of a cricket match played in America: New York XI v London XI on the site of what is today the Fulton Fish Market in Manhattan, NYC. In 1776, the time had come for the army to take shape. Washington orders a formal encampment, arranging brigades into a deliberate defensive line around New York. What had been a gathering of troops is becoming an army pr

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Dachau Concentration Camp - least any one forgets! In 1751, the New York Gazette and Post Boy carried the first public report of a cricket match played in America: New York XI v London XI on the site of what is today the Fulton Fish Market in Manhattan, NYC. In 1776, the time had come for the army to take shape. Washington orders a formal encampment, arranging brigades into a deliberate defensive line around New York. What had been a gathering of troops is becoming an army pr

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“The mountains tremble before thee, and the trees of the forest owed their lofty heads: the vast lakes of the west were chilled at thy presence, and the stupendous cataract of the Niagara bellowed as they approach.” Francis Hopkinson, Letters of a Tory, Letters to Lord Howe, and Answer to General Burgoyne’s Proclamation

Historic Litchfield, Connecticut

Oliver Wolcott Home Several years ago, while I was working on a project for school, I took a trip to Litchfield, CT, and was pleasantly surprised to see several historic spots in addition to the home I had specifically gone to photograph. The home I specifically went to photograph was the Oliver Wolcott House. This home was owned by a signer of the Declaration of Independence whose family had a long history in Connecticut. Wolcott's father served as the Royal Governor of C

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Abraham Clark, NJ Signer of the Declaration of Independence, had two sons, Aaron and Thomas, who were captured by the British. The British offered to release Clark’s sons if he would renounce the American cause, but he refused. He also didn’t inform Congress about their capture, and when Congress eventually found out, they stepped in to have him freed from the ship’s dungeons and returned to the general population. Unfortunately, they still weren’t released right away. Now th

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Depiction of John Harvey Arrest In 1635, Virginia Governor John Harvey was accused of treason and removed from office. In 1776, Soldiers from a Pennsylvania regiment were found firing their weapons and wasting ammunition, claiming ignorance of orders. Washington rejects this outright. He orders that the Articles of War be read weekly to every company so no one may “plead Ignorance.” In 1776, Washington responds to Nicholas Cooke, the governor of Rhode Island, who has pleaded