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A Day at Valley Forge : As if I already wasn't busy enough, I've taken on a part time volunteer position at Washington's Headquarters in Valley Forge, PA. Basically, I dress up in colonial clothing and tell visitors about the headquarters house and things that happened during Washington's Army's stay at Valley Forge from December 1777 - June 1778.

The last time I was there we had some very special guests with us and fortunately, I had a camera with me! General Washington, John Laurens (one of his aides de camp), and Hannah Till (a slave) were in attendance.

It was a privilege spending the day with these re-enactors who brought the house back to life!

A Day at Valley Forge

As if I already wasn't busy enough, I've taken on a part time voluntee ...

Updated: Oct 30, 2007 6:22pm PST

Battlefield Restoration at Gettysburg : Some remarkable things have been happening in Gettysburg over the past 2-3 years. The National Park Service is in the process of restoring the battlefields to the 1863 appearance. When I first saw Devil's Den and the Triangular Field areas I wondered how the soldiers made out with all those trees. The Triangular Field was just some claustrophic area surrounded by a stone fence. How could all those artillerymen situated on Houck's Ridge see the Texans heading up toward them?

Well: the trees weren't there!

With the trees gone, one gains an understanding of what those soldiers went through, and how the vastness of the rocky field made them look like ants.

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Battlefield Restoration at Gettysburg

Some remarkable things have been happening in Gettysburg over the past ...

Updated: Oct 29, 2007 4:06pm PST

Historic Madras : Madras, now known as Chennai, in Tamilnadu, India, has many historical buildings dating as far back as the 1700s. There are many fine examples of Vicorian and Indo-Saracenic architecture here, built by the British colonial regime, as well as Indian princes.

Historic Madras

Madras, now known as Chennai, in Tamilnadu, India, has many historical ...

Updated: Oct 29, 2007 3:21am PST

Antonio Ferrer Correia

From a visit in June 2007 to one of the new 7 Wonders of the World

Updated: Jul 10, 2007 10:32am PST

Harpers Ferry, WV : Harpers Ferry is located in West Virginia on the banks of the Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers where the U.S. states of Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia meet. The town is best known historically for John Brown's raid on the Armory in 1859. It was this raid that instigated the Civil War. Harpers Ferry was in Virginia at the time of the raid; West Virginia was created in 1863.

The town was founded in the 1750's and was known to Thomas Jefferson and George Washington.

In the 1700's and 1800's the town was a major industrial center. The mills and factories are long gone and today the town is a capsule in time. National Park Service buses shuttle tourists to a parking lot near the canal and the town is just a short walk from there.

Harpers Ferry, WV

Harpers Ferry is located in West Virginia on the banks of the Potomac ...

Updated: Jun 05, 2007 5:06pm PST

Pennsbury Manor : <a target=_blank href="http://www.pennsburymanor.org/">Pennsbury Manor</a> is located about a 30-45 minute drive north of Philadelphia. It is a reconstructed 17th Century manor house built on the site where William Penn once lived. William Penn arrived here from England in 1682 and was the founder of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, which was named for his family.

Construction on Pennsbury Manor began shortly after his arrival. His plan was to establish a gentleman's country manor complete with separate buildings for baking/brewing, stables, a boathouse, and numerous farm buildings. Penn lived here for only 2 years before he had to return to England to take care of some legal affairs. What was to be a short stay abroad extended to 15 years. He returned to his beloved Pennsbury in 1799 only to be summoned back to England in 1701 to take care of some financial troubles. Penn never returned to Pennsylvania and passed away from a stroke in 1712. His beautiful manor home began to fall into ruin and by the end of the 18th century there wasn't much of the original structure left.

The site of his home was rescued from an encroaching quarry in the 1930's. The manor house was reconstructed based on an woodcut that had been made in the late 17th/early 18th century. So the current building on site is just a replica of what may have stood there at one time. But it is filled with period antiques and Penn family heirlooms.

Pennsbury Manor

Pennsbury Manor is located about a 30-45 minute drive north of Philade ...

Updated: Jun 04, 2007 7:18pm PST

Williamsburg 2007 May :

Williamsburg 2007 May

Updated: May 24, 2007 6:57pm PST

Jamestown May 1607 - 2007 :

Jamestown May 1607 - 2007

Updated: May 24, 2007 6:38pm PST

Peter Wentz Farmstead : The Peter Wentz Farmstead in Worcester, PA was established in 1744 when Peter Wentz inherited 300 acres from his father, an early German immigrant. By 1758 Peter and his wife completed their home, a wonderful Georgian-style house that reflected their German heritage.

This wonderful farmstead would have remained in obscurity had it not been for one very famous house guest who stayed here in the fall of 1777: George Washington. Washington used the Wentz farmstead as his headquarters prior to the Battle of Germantown and once again after the battle.

In 1794 the farmstead was purchased by Melchior Schulz and it remained in his family until 1969 when it was purchased by the County of Montgomery. The children of the last generation of Schulzes who lived here were forbidden to play in the bedroom in which George Washington had slept. Between 1969 and 1976 the farmstead was restored to its 18th century appearance and opened to the public in 1976.

Peter Wentz Farmstead

The Peter Wentz Farmstead in Worcester, PA was established in 1744 whe ...

Updated: Jul 11, 2006 7:38pm PST

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