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Washington's Headquarters State Historic Site, also called Hasbrouck House, is located in Newburgh, New York, United States, overlooking the Hudson River. George Washington and his staff were headquartered in the house while commanding the Continental Army during the final year and a half of the American Revolutionary War; at 16 months and 19 days it was his longest tenure at any of his ...
Across the street from the Longfellow House–Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site is the municipal park known as Longfellow Park. [46] The park was left undeveloped as a way to preserve an unobstructed view of the Charles River from the house. [51] In the middle sits a memorial by sculptor Daniel Chester French dedicated in 1914.
Topography and geographical features were exploited to protect a headquarters—before and after the Battle of Germantown, Washington stayed at the Henry Keely House, [1] atop a plateau on the west side of the Perkiomen Creek, while the Continental Army camped on the east side of the creek at Pennypacker Mills; between Washington and the ...
Ford Mansion, Morristown, New Jersey, December 1, 1779 to June 7, 1780; George Washington's Headquarters (Cumberland, Maryland), as a colonel in 1755 to 1758, revisited as US Commander in Chief in 1794; Longfellow House–Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site, Cambridge, Massachusetts, July 1775 to April 1776
The John Kane House, also one of several places known as Washington's Headquarters, is located on East Main Street in Pawling, New York, United States.Built in the mid-18th century, it was home during that time to two men who confronted the authorities and were punished for it.
Ford Mansion in Morristown, New Jersey, Washington's headquarters from 1779 to 1780. The Ford Mansion, also known as Washington's Headquarters, is a classic 18th-century American home located at 30 Washington Place in Morristown, New Jersey that served as General George Washington's headquarters from December 1779 to June 1780 during the American Revolutionary War.
Researchers excavated five unmarked graves at the cemetery in 1999 in an effort to find Samuel Washington’s resting place. They recovered small bones and teeth from three burials, but DNA ...
The Keith House, also known as Washington's Headquarters or Headquarters Farm, is a historic house in Upper Makefield Township, Bucks County in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. It served as the headquarters for George Washington during the American Revolutionary War and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. [1]