Harlem’s Revolution
General Washington spent two months in the fall of 1776 at the Morris-Jumel Mansion in northern Manhattan where he and his troops were headquartered during the British retreat
at the Battle of Harlem Heights. Continue reading
Harlem’s Revolution
General Washington spent two months in the fall of 1776 at the Morris-Jumel Mansion in northern Manhattan where he and his troops were headquartered during the British retreat
at the Battle of Harlem Heights. Continue reading
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Tagged Battle of Harlem Heights, Colonial gardens, Daughters of the American Revolution, George Washington, hudson river, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Katherine Hepburn, Manhattan, Morris-Jumel Mansion, New York City, New York Harbor, Washington's Headquarters
It’s like a Brooks Brothers catalog, if Brooks Brothers catalogs included dreadlocked rappers from Harlem and blog-baiting reenactments of presidential assassinations. Continue reading