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  1. A French Volunter

    By Morris Bishop, August 1966, Volume 17, Issue 5

    General Washington was less than charmed by the young Frenchman whose thirst for la gloire was matched only by his ignorance of English. But the newcomer swallowed his pride, served valiantly, and lived to piquantly recall his adventures as More >>>

  2. A Chip Off The Old Jack

    By Charles F. Johnson, December 1976, Volume 28, Issue 1

    Back home at Mount Vernon after the Revolution, George Washington turned his energies toward increasing his plantation’s yield and reducing expenses. Among other projects, he wanted to replace fa More >>>

  3. Soldier's Return

    By Edwin S. Grosvenor, February 1969, Volume 20, Issue 2

    Just before Christmas of 1783, General George Washington returned to Mount Vernon and looked forward to spending his remaining years at his favorite occupation, that of a Virginia country gentleman. More >>>

  4. 3 Liberty Green Bed and Breakfast, Clinton, CT

    By Edwin S. Grosvenor

    3 Liberty Street           Clinton, CT 06413      http://www.3liberty.com/history.html John Rossetter built this two- s More >>>

  5. ‘Twas The Nineteenth Of April In (18)75 — And The Centennial Was Coming Unstuck

    By David B. Little, April 1972, Volume 23, Issue 3

    On a new bridge that arched the flood Their toes by April freezes curled, There the embattled committee stood, Beset, it seemed, by half the world. More >>>

  6. Monmouth

    By Don Troiani, August 1976, Volume 27, Issue 5

    Eleventh in a series of paintings for AMERICAN HERITAGE More >>>

  7. A “New And Strange Order Of Men”

    By Edwin A. Hoey, August 1968, Volume 19, Issue 5

    Just what moved those Revolutionary War officers to form the Society of the Cincinnati, America’s first veterans’ organization? Some said it was treason More >>>

  8. The Peales

    By Oliver Jensen, April 1955, Volume 6, Issue 3

    ‘The ingenious Captain Peale” sired a dynasty of painters and started America’s first great museum. More >>>

  9. Main Street Of America

    By Mary Cable, February 1969, Volume 20, Issue 2

    It runs from the site of David Burnes’s farmhouse across old Goose Creek to Jenkins’ Hill. Linking the White House and the Capitol, it is Washington’s grand avenue, the More >>>

  10. Lost Elegance

    By Francis Russell, June 1957, Volume 8, Issue 4

    Home to royal and republican governors, host to a century of great men, stately Shirley Place in Roxbury, Massachusetts, is falling into ruin More >>>

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