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Washington's Inauguration In 1789, George Washington was sworn in as the first president of the United States under the Constitution. He delivered his first inaugural address to a joint session of Congress, assembled in Federal Hall in the nation’s new capital, New York City. The newly-elected president delivered the speech in a deep, low voice that betrayed what one observer called “manifest embarrassment.” In 1803, representatives of the United States and Napoleonic France

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Washington's Inauguration In 1789, George Washington was sworn in as the first president of the United States under the Constitution. He delivered his first inaugural address to a joint session of Congress, assembled in Federal Hall in the nation’s new capital, New York City. The newly-elected president delivered the speech in a deep, low voice that betrayed what one observer called “manifest embarrassment.” In 1803, representatives of the United States and Napoleonic France

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“That the fear of God is the beginning of wisdom, that the way of life held up in the Christian system, is calculated for the most complete happiness that can be enjoyed in this mortal state… I have therefore no particular advice to leave with my children upon this subject, saving that they deliberately and conscientiously, in the beginning of life, determine for themselves, with which denomination of Christians they can, the most devoutly and profitably worship God… That dis

Fun Fact of the Day - Annis Stockton

Annis Stockton, the wife of NJ Declaration Signer Richard Stockton was a well-read and educated woman of her time, who would write and publish poetry. She would be the only woman member of the American Society. One of the pieces she wrote was called Welcome, Might Chief, Once More, which celebrates the capture of Lord Cornwallis: BRING now ye Muses from th' Aonian grove, The wreath of victory which the sisters wove, Wove and laid up in Mars' most awful fane, To crown our Hero

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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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