Beloved Memorial to George Washington: Arlington House
George Washington Parke Custis, grandson of Martha Washington, built Arlington House as a memorial to his beloved step-grandfather.
Historical Sewing and Time Travels
Tag: Battle of Yorktown
Visiting Lafayette’s l’Hermione at Yorktown and Mount Vernon
I imagined myself walking aboard this ship in 1780, stepping over ropes, walking under riggings, while imagining Lafayette’s point of view.
Building Gabion Earthworks at Prelude to Victory
My son helped build gabion earthwork fortifications, the results of which can be seen today at Yorktown Battlefield from two wars.
Cato, Recitations, and Minuet at our Subscription Ball
Philip Vickers Fithian wrote in his journal: Virginians must dance or they will die. Thus, Virginians found a legal loophole around the “no frivolity” mandate.
Walking in the footsteps of the British surrender: Yorktown
Fighting back angry tears of humiliation, the British army marched between two lines of soldiers, the Americans on one side and the French on the other.
Yorktown celebrates the French-American Alliance Victory
Standing near reserved seating for special guests, we saw many French-American alliance pins, Lafayette scarves, and French- American alliance sashes.
