Lafayette and Baron von Steuben at Valley Forge
Washington’s Guard lived in these huts overlooking his headquarters, a tradition that continues today at Arlington National Cemetery at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
Historical Sewing and Time Travels
Tag: Lafayette
Lafayette’s boot fills with blood at Brandywine
Arriving in Philadelphia to offer his services without pay, 19 year old Lafayette receives his commission to major general on July 31, 1777.
Under the Redcoat Journal 2011: Colonial Williamsburg
Thus, I present to you, my dear Readers, an accounting of what I experienced while the quiet town of Williamsburg, in 1781, was occupied…Under the Redcoat.
Ancient Romans, Fireworks, and Gowns: Colonial Williamsburg
That evening we settled in front of the Governor’s Palace to await a special evening program in the refreshing cool of the evening.
My son’s third Lafayette Regimental Finis: Sewing Journal
When the director of the Costume Design Center heard of coat #2, she handed me proper wool samples, encouraging me to get broadcloth wool for the next one.
Lafayette and Theodore Roosevelt Sightings in Warrenton
Discovering the 1825 Lafayette stepping stone and President Theodore Roosevelt’s 1909 horseback ride in Warrenton near our home.
James Armistead spies for Lafayette: Colonial Williamsburg
The amazing story of General Lafayette and the spy whom he helped achieve freedom, becoming his namesake after the American Revolution.
West Point: Grand Tour of Historic Waterways Part VI
Accepting cash only, we all dug through our pockets, wallets, bottom of my purse, inside the car, to find enough money to take a two-hour tour of West Point.
Fort William Henry: Grand Tour of Historic Waterways Part II
Visiting the location of the French and Indian War’s infamous siege and massacre, immortalized in James Fennimore Cooper’s , The Last of the Mohicans.
When employees mistake my kids as employees: Colonial Williamsburg
One of the employees thought the kids were also employees because theycarried themselves so well, she thought my son was part of the fife and drum corps.
