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Select Board celebrate unveiling of original 1776 handwritten copy of Declaration | News
4+ hour, 20+ min ago (431+ words) TEWKSBURY — At their July 14 meeting, the Select Board celebrated the 250th birthday of a very important piece of history — the unveiling of Tewksbury’s original 1776 handwritten copy of the Declaration, preserved across centuries and now newly digitized for public access. Town…...
Oneida Indian Nation, Smithsonian honor Polly Cooper for America’s 250th
1+ day, 5+ hour ago (397+ words) WASHINGTON, D.C. — In celebration of America’s 250th birthday, the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian recently partnered with the Oneida Indian Nation to present “First Allies: Polly Cooper and the Oneida Indian Nation” at the museum. The program honored the Oneida…...
John Shearer: A Letter To The Founding Fathers, Part 2
7+ hour, 29+ min ago (1443+ words) Dear George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay and other Founding Fathers: I hope you all are doing well since my last letter of July 2 and that you were able to read it....
Looking Back in Philipstown – The Current
13+ hour, 5+ min ago (1682+ words) The Continental Congress voted unanimously in Philadelphia on July 2 to adopt a resolution dissolving ties with Great Britain — except for New York, whose four delegates (William Floyd, Francis Lewis, Philip Livingston and Lewis Morris) abstained because they had not received…...
Explore New York City’s Layered Histories for the 250th Anniversary of the U.S.
3+ hour, 33+ min ago (260+ words) Hints of New York’s past are interspersed throughout its built environment. Tucked between the concrete and the glass, traces of the city from centuries ago can be found. Tied to the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, The New York…...
Lori Falce: Constitution Under Construction: Fixing a flaw
18+ hour, 19+ min ago (603+ words) Editor’s note: This is part of a yearlong exploration of the amendments to the U.S. Constitution, how they changed our country and how they remain relevant today. Some failures come from neglect. Others are just time exposing a flaw that…...
A Trip Back Through History at the Union League of New York
12+ hour, 4+ min ago (537+ words) The current building is actually the fourth and the most grand of the locations of the club at the corner of Park Avenue and East 37th Street. The building is the design of Benjamin Wistar Morris and was opened in 1931. I…...
Civil War Cold Case: DNA from the skull of an unknown Revolutionary War soldier reveals more than his name
13+ hour, 9+ min ago (1025+ words) After 246 years, Pvt. John Pumphrey is unknown no more. Through DNA testing and old-fashioned sleuthing, the Maryland teenager who died in one of the last big battles of the American Revolution can now take his place in history, just in…...
On This Day In 1776, Washington Said British Troops Fought ‘To Enslave Us’
12+ hour ago (1049+ words) George Washington had two soldiers punished for conduct he believed could destroy an army. Henry Davis received 20 lashes for desertion. Patrick Lyons received 30 for drunkenness and sleeping at his post. Washington then asked what independence meant if men fighting for…...
Exhibit illuminates hidden Rev War history at CCHA
12+ hour, 20+ min ago (235+ words) The Clinton County Historical Association’s America 250 exhibit “Echoes If We Listen” was curated by Randi Christodoulou (left) and features paintings by her father, Clyde Rabideau, a former mayor of both Plattsburgh and Saranac Lake. PLATTSBURGH — “Echoes If We Listen: Native,…...