Celebrating New York’s Dutch Roots
“In testimony of ancient and unbroken friendship this flagpole is presented to the city of New York by the Dutch people 1926” —an inscription on the Netherland Monument Although in 1664 […]
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George Washington’s First Inauguration
“Among the vicissitudes incident to life, no event could have filled me with greater anxieties than that of which the notification was transmitted by your order, and received on the […]
George Washington: the Ultimate Veteran
“I now make it my earnest prayer that God would have you, and the State over which you preside, in his holy protection; that he would incline the hearts of […]
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