
What Was the Staten Island Peace Conference
A conference held on the southwestern tip of Staten Island, New York on 11 September 1776 A.D. in the Billop House, which still stands. This

A conference held on the southwestern tip of Staten Island, New York on 11 September 1776 A.D. in the Billop House, which still stands. This

Prison ships in New York Harbor. More American soldiers and sailors died in prison ships (primarily Wallabout Bay in the East River, now Fort Greene

On the Ides of March, 1783 George Washington gives a dramatic speech, halting a coup by his officers against Congress and saving the fledgling United

Could the Revolution Have Ended in 1776? Travel back in time to Staten Island, New York on 11 September 1776 A.D. The day Benjamin Franklin

Even though I went to West Point, which is just south of Storm King Mountain from Newburgh where Washington the Continental Army was encamped in

Benjamin Franklin, John Adams and Admiral Howe held a meeting on that day on the top of Staten Island to discuss halting the conflict even