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Revolutionary History

Bowery Boys Bookshelf Revolutionary History 

The Ghost Ship of Brooklyn: Uncovering New York’s darkest secrets of the Revolutionary War

October 16, 2017 Bowery Boys 3368 Views 1 Comment Brooklyn Navy Yard, Fort Greene, Revolutionary War

The Brooklyn Navy Yard, no longer a bustling shipyard, lives on as a vibrant commercial compound of movie studios, bourbon

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Revolutionary History 

Fort Tryon Park: The breathtaking park in Manhattan named for an American enemy

August 23, 2017August 23, 2017 Bowery Boys 1434 Views 3 Comments Revolutionary War

 Ask any New Yorker at random where the site of Fort Washington once stood, and chances are your query will

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Revolutionary History 

The Martyr and the Traitor: Choosing Sides In The Revolutionary War

July 18, 2017July 18, 2017 Bowery Boys 503 Views 0 Comments Bowery Boys Bookshelf, Connecticut, George Washington, Nathan Hale

You may know Nathan Hale well from history books or from New York’s numerous memorials as a symbol of American patriotism, dying

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Podcasts Revolutionary History 

New York: The first federal capital and birthplace of the Bill of Rights

February 2, 2017September 18, 2017 Bowery Boys 635 Views 0 Comments

PODCAST Part Two of our two-part series on New York City in the years following the Revolutionary War. During a handful

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Revolutionary History 

The Old Swamp Church and the story of the first Speaker of the House

January 18, 2017January 18, 2017 Bowery Boys 475 Views 0 Comments

Here’s some old fashioned New York City trivia for you — There’s never been a Speaker of the House from the

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Revolutionary History 

George Washington’s copy of the Declaration of Independence

July 4, 2016July 4, 2016 Bowery Boys 753 Views 1 Comment Bowling Green, City Hall Park, Commons, Revolutionary War

George Washington’s copy of the Declaration of Independence is perhaps the most well-known of the almost 200 copies first made

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Revolutionary History 

Perilous Night: The Great Fire of 1776

October 2, 2015October 2, 2015 Bowery Boys 1819 Views 0 Comments Alexander Hamilton, George Washington, Great Fire of 1776, Nathan Hale, Revolutionary War

PODCAST The circumstances surrounding the Great Fire of 1776, the events of the Revolutionary War leading up to the disaster,

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Revolutionary History 

Ten facts about Alexander Hamilton on the $10 bill

June 18, 2015June 18, 2015 Bowery Boys 4940 Views 1 Comment Alexander Hamilton

Big news in the world of numismatics — the U.S. Treasury Department has announced that Alexander Hamilton, long the solitary

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Preservation Revolutionary History 

History in the Making 1/9: Main Squeeze Forever Edition

January 9, 2015January 15, 2015 Bowery Boys 719 Views 0 Comments Alexander Hamilton

The Lower East Side lost a great one this week. Walter Kühr, the owner of the Main Squeeze accordion store, died

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Revolutionary History 

Aaron Burr vs. Alexander Hamilton: The terrible consequences of an ugly insult

July 11, 2014July 11, 2015 Bowery Boys 2387 Views 1 Comment Aaron Burr, Alexander Hamilton, Burr-Hamilton duel, Hamilton Grange, New Jersey, Richmond Hill, Trinity Church, Weehawken

PODCAST Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr met at a clearing in Weehawken, NJ, in the early morning on July 11,

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Revolutionary History 

Richmond Hill: West Village’s former Vice Presidential mansion and the lonely refuge of Aaron Burr

July 10, 2014January 14, 2015 Bowery Boys 1132 Views 0 Comments Aaron Burr, Alexander Hamilton, George Washington, John Adams, opera, West Village

Richmond Hill, the spacious mansion and 26-acre estate on the outskirts of town that had once been George Washington‘s headquarters

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Bowery Boys Bookshelf Revolutionary History 

25 Great Books About the Founding Fathers (and Mothers)

July 7, 2014January 14, 2015 Bowery Boys 1997 Views 3 Comments Bowery Boys Bookshelf

Independence Day may be over, but our celebration of the Founding Fathers continues all this week, culminating in a brand

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Queens History Revolutionary History 

George Washington’s inauguration and the 1939 World’s Fair

April 29, 2014January 14, 2015 Bowery Boys 805 Views 4 Comments 1939 World's Fair, Alexander Hamilton, Federal Hall, George Washington, Robert Moses, St. Pauls Church

James Earle Fraser’s colossal Washington statue out in Queens. (NYPL) Tomorrow (April 30th) is the 225th anniversary of the inauguration

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Pop Culture Revolutionary History 

A primer before this Sunday’s Revolutionary War series Turn

April 3, 2014January 14, 2015 Bowery Boys 501 Views 0 Comments Revolutionary War, Turn

Courtesy AMC This Sunday (9pm EST) marks the debut of AMC’s new Revolutionary War drama Turn, documenting the beginnings of

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Revolutionary History 

Aaron Burr’s cousin built the first bridge over the Hudson River – in the same year Burr shot Alexander Hamilton

March 6, 2014January 14, 2015 Bowery Boys 815 Views 1 Comment Aaron Burr, Alexander Hamilton, bridges, Hudson River

Above: A wooden bridge in Kentucky using the Burr truss, invented by Theodore Burr and first used over the Hudson

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