Quarters of general washington. This is it for plancks point in 1782. So lets locate you where were talking about in space here. This is a map showing that the washington rochambeau route. So in 1781, the french army is up around newport there in rhode island, most of washington is is in the Hudson Highlands. And so that is in this area right here. They steal a march partly by land, partly by sea, and they block up Cornwallis Army at yorktown. Theres an image showing you the area of the Hudson Highlands. So to zoom in a little bit, the spot were looking at about six miles north of new york city, and its the first spot where the hudson river starts to narrow enough and it gets into a hilly country. This was the important crossing point in a place called kings ferry. So if you can imagine if youre in new england, new york, the middle colonies, the only way you have to communicate to send troops back and forth because new york is occupied by the british, is using these ferries that are th
Pennsylvania, scott scotts broad public history experience spans nearly three decades and has been marked by public and professional acclaim for his creative and innovative approaches to engaging audiences. He has developed and collaborated on exhibits, films and interpretive programs for numerous historical sites and organizations, including colonial williamsburg, the smithson in the canadian war museum, the National Park service, George Washingtons mount vernon, the heinz history center, and the museum of the other of the cherokee indian. From 2007 to 2018, scott led the development of the museum of the American Revolutions Award Winning exhibitions, multimedia experience as an educational programing, as well as overseeing the care and expansion of its rich collection of art and artifacts. He has served as president and ceo of the museum of the American Revolution since 2018. Tonight, you will hear from scott about the history and significance of general George Washingtons mobile fie
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