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SIEGES and BATTLES
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Men and Women are Created Equal"
LIFE
SUMMARY.
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IN DECEMBER '76
AND JANUARY '77 OUR TROOPS CROSSED AND RE-CROSSED
THE DELAWARE RIVER
The artist was looking south ...
Washington at 3 A.M.
Washington Crossing the Delaware - was painted by Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze c. 1851 in Dusseldorf, Germany. It can be seen at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on 5th Avenue at 82nd New York City.
On moonlit Christmas Night 1776, Durham flatboats were rowed from PA to NJ for the night march south toward the Hessians in TRENTON, NJ. The complete victory was much needed! After returning to PA, GW's army again returned to Trenton, NJ and then to PRINCETON for a second needed Victory ! And then on to Morristown ...THEN THE ARMY MARCHED TO MORRISTOWN - ARRIVING ON JANUARY 6, 1777 :
WE IN MORRISTOWN SALUTED THESE EVENTS IN 2002 THE 225th ANNIVERSARY OF WASHINGTON'S ARRIVAL WITH THE ARMY on Jan 6, 1777.
HE HAD BEEN HERE IN MAY OF 1773 WITH JOHN PARKE CUSTIS AND LORD (WM. ALEXANDER) STIRLING.
AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY WAR OVERVIEW
NEW JERSEY DURING THE WAR
MAJOR BATTLES in a TIMELINE SEQUENCE . . . <== (click)======================
IMPORTANT GENERALS AND PERSONS IN THE WAR
AMERICAN :
George Washington and Martha - Nathaneal Greene -John Glover - Charles Lee - John Paul Jones -
Marquis de La Fayette - Daniel Morgan - Benedict Arnold *Gates - Putnam - Hamilton - James Monroe - Thomas Paine ...
BRITISH and Hessian :
Peggy Shippen and Benedict Arnold * -
Thomas Gage - John Burgoyne -William Howe - Admiral Richard Howe -
Banastre Tarleton - Charles Cornwallis
AFTER THE WAR :
Cornwallis - as Commander -in-Chief in India
BATTLE STATISTICS :
QUIZ :
THE WASHINGTON FAMILY ROOTS
GW'S SULGRAVE, UK FAMILY ROOTS <== click
Read of MONARCHS, "The MAGNA CARTA - Rule by Law"
This "PAGE !" is dedicated to GEORGE WASHINGTON, to the Continental Congress, Colonial Militias and George Washington's Continental Army, which faced the world-class naval forces of a german and english-speaking "British" Monarch, King George III, whose father and grandfather had not learned the English language and had partially ruled the British Isles from the Hanover, Germany area. GEORGE III used British and Hessian German troops to try enforcement of harsh tax laws, such as The Stamp Act, The Townsend Act and The Tea Act.
As you probably know, G E O R G E W A S H I N G T O N rode to many places for USA Independence from arbitrary and arrogant demands from afar and from TAXATION without REPRESENTATION ! Morristown became an important safe-place from the dominating naval guns of his enemy. New Jersey was the main "crossroads" for the major armies. Washington's Morristown became a major "Military Capitol of the Revolution."
RIDE ALONG WITH GEORGE WASHINGTON:
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W A S H I N G T O N '
S H E A D Q U A R T E R S
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DESIGN YOUR OWN DAY TRIPS
from MORRISTOWN, NJ to see SEVERAL NEARBY George Washington HQs
VISIT !
DAY 1. to MORRISTOWN Area Raptors & Jockey Hollow Eve in Morristown
DAY 2. to OLD NYC - Wall St. Area & Bklyn Hts. - GW Battle Site Views - or Harlem Heights
DAY 3. to Lambertville, Trenton, Princeton-Sommerville -
DAY 4. to HQ MORRISTOWN - GW-HQ - All DAY in Morristown
DAY 5. to HQ Valley Forge or NYC MidTown Battle Site? -
DAY 6. to HQ - WAYNE, NJ - Newburgh, NY - Evening in Morristown
DAY 7. to HQ - ROCKY HILL, NJ - (call for hrs) Evening in Morristown
DAYS 8-14. HQ - Monmouth Battle Site -Freehold NJ and see the NJ SHORE!
VISIT and VACATION at NJ BEACHES -Travel Adventures!
FROM WASHINGTON'S DIARY :
Two years before the war, GW traveled to where he would fight in future years !GEORGE WASHINGTON FIRST CAME TO BASKING RIDGE and MORRISTOWN on
May 25, 1773 with his stepson John Parke Custis.
This was over four years before arriving here WITH HIS ARMY, Jan. 6, 1777.
And, yes, George Washington came to "STRATEGIC MORRISTOWN " eight times:MAY 25, 1773 - two years before the war .... then, almost four years later, with the army. He then stayed for about 5 months, as is often reported,
JAN. 6 1777 to MAY 28, 1777. He also was here July 4 - July 11, 1777 and July 26, 1777 of the same year. He returned again on June 3, 1779.
As often reported, he also returned with the army for six months from
DEC. 1, 1779 to JUNE 1, 1780, and then again on Nov. 28, 1780. Then, he also returned Mar. 24 to Mar. 28, 1782 with Martha after the victory at Yorktown, Virginia. (Some of these dates need second-reference verification).
"THE TRIP" TO
MORRISTOWN BEFORE
THE WAR
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FROM WASHINGTON'S DIARY
TWO YEARS BEFORE THE WAR GW traveled to where he would fight in future years !
GEORGE WASHINGTON first came to Morristown on May 25, 1773 with his stepson John Parke Custis -over four years before arriving here again with his army on Jan. 6, 1777.
The travel party departed Mount Vernon, Va. on May 10, 1773 and proceeded via Annapolis (they met Gov. Eden there). Then they went north via Rockhall, Chestertown, Georgetown, Md., New Castle and Wilmington, De., Chester, Pa. and Philadelphia, Pa. (where they met Gov. Penn).
At Philadelphia, George and John Parke Custis spent a few days at the Jockey Club, the Assembly, and went to a Ball. Lord Stirling, who had visited Mount Vernon in January 1773, was a member of the Jockey Club. He escorted John Parke Custis, George Washington and Major Robert Bayard on the trip northward into New Jersey.
On May 23, they departed from Philadelphia and traveled via Burlington, NJ (where they met "to be loyalist" Gov. Wm. Franklin). They saw Trenton, NJ, Princeton, Boundbrook and finally, on May 24, arrived at Basking Ridge, NJ. They lodged at Lord Stirling's Manor House at Basking Ridge near the Great Swamp.
[ Note: Originally, Lord Stirling was known as William Alexander, whose father, James fought for freedom of the press with John Peter Zenger ].
The next day, on May 25, the party stopped in at loyalist Peter Kemble's house, now on Route 202, just south of MorrisTown - Peter Kemble was president of the royal council of New Jersey.
Washington's party then continued - through Morristown, NJ and via the King's Highway (?) on to ElizabethTown for lunch and then to the large village of New York, where Washington's stepson, "Jacky" Parke Custis, registered at Kings College, now Columbia University.
[ Note: Custis booked a three room suite, a horse, a groom, a valet and was given access to the faculty dining room (spoiled kid?) ].
George Washington met and then dined with "the-to-be opposing General," Thomas Gage
[ General Gage had been Commander-in-chief of British troops in North America for 10 years. He was going on leave to England; ( Note: he married Peter Kemble's daughter ). Gage was an acquaintance of Washington from French and Indian War days when GW had had two horses shot from under him and had four bullets pass through his clothing ].In two years, in 1775, this "Governor and General," Thomas Gage would be the top British General opposing Washington "eyeball to eyeball" at Boston.
This journey was to be very informative to Washington. He began to "learn the NJ, PA territory"!
On May 31, 1773, Washington began his return home - he reconnoitered some of New Jersey and Pennsylvania when he returned home via Pavonia, NewArk, Perth Amboy, Brunswick, Princeton, Bristol and Philadelphia, Pa. On June 4, he went to Lancaster, Pa. and then York Town, Pa. and on to Baltimore. From there, he set out for his farm at Mount Vernon.
He was home again at 2 PM on June 8, 1773. Soon after returning home to Mount Vernon, Patcy Custis, his stepdaughter, died suddenly at the dinner table, of an epileptic seizure. John Custis then returned to Virginia.
About GW : MORE THAN "TRIVIA"
GW YOUTH STORIES of POPE'S CREEK
and FREDERICKSBURG, VAThe 110 Rules of Being Considerate,
George Washington's good manners and knowledge of protocol.Young Washington's PREWAR DIARY.
His first trip Surveying, an Indian PowWow; Small houses; fleas; River-swims with horsesTHEN :
Young GW WENT TO SEA
to near South America and back.
Here is GW's roll in the beginning of the
"Seven-Year-War - the French and Indian War" with MAPS <= clickIn "days of old," things were "different." Families with little education were without our "take it for granted" paved roads, buses, trains, air flight, electricity and shower facilities - they were ruled by the rod - with control techniques of fear, public hangings, the embarrassment in "stocks" in generally hostile and rugged surroundings. What became of the kid with a sense of adventure, GW, who lost his father at age 11?
Washington became a rugged outdoorsman, a people-person, who had respect for "The Creator" and "superiors". He had many adventures and met persons of all walks of life! At the end, he gradually, then finally freed and provided education of slaves; it was done with conviction in the face of surrounding opposition - read his will from the University of VA. 200+ Year >> REMEMBRANCE ! Read parts of his diary here.
TEA PARTIES
There was the "NEW JERSEY TEA PARTY" AT BRIDGETON, NJ;
the ANNAPOLIS TEA PARTY AT ANNAPOLIS, MD; the burning of
the ship, "Peggy SGTEWART";the taking of the cargo of tea from the schooner, "Nancy" at NEW YORK, NY;
the tea purchase boycott by the ladies of EDENTON, NC for the duration of the war,
and of course; the famous BOSTON TEA PARTY !
( Thanks to Kenneth Gibala of Rockville, MD)
Read this detail to change misconceptions !
Written with respect for G.W. and our overseas allies. J.M.J.WAR IS HADES:
NAVAL GUNS of Hanover-ite George-III, who led the British, BURNED : Norfolk-VA, Charlestown, Kips-Bay-NYC."THESE are the times that try men's souls." - Thomas Paine - a forgotten hero.
RE: FORGOTTEN SCULPTOR GUTZON BORGLUM's CARVED IMAGES ON "MOUNT RUSHMORE" IN SD AND OTHERS IN NJ, TX, CA, IL, NY, NC, GA, DC, FRANCE, ENGLAND, ETC:
ON MT. RUSHMORE :
WASHINGTON is honored for achieving our INDEPENDENCE
and our CONSTITUTIONAL STRUCTURE. ' tis well!
Democratic-REPUBLICS vs. Monarchy and Autocracy.
JEFFERSON is remembered for DEMOCRACY and EXPANSION.
LINCOLN is remembered for "PUTTING IT BACK TOGETHER"
and for HUMAN COMPASSION, AND FAMOUS SCULPTOR,
GUTZON BORGLUM, NAMED HIS SON "LINCOLN"and
THEODORE ROOSEVELT is known for fulfilling
Columbus' dream: to find a WATER ROUTE to the ORIENT,
a "northwest passage," by his project, the PANAMA CANAL.
T.R. is remembered for setting a NEW INTERNATIONAL STANCE FOR THE USA.
He, a conservationist, defined an active and "STRONG PRESIDENCY."
They each showed a love for the great outdoors and of a wild and free "WEST."
As Commander-in-Chief, on June 28, 1775, GW reviewed military students at Yale.
Was G. W. " Ivy League " ?
He received an Honorary Doctor of Law degree - LL.D. at :HARVARD on April 3, 1776 - the day before going to defend NY Town ... at
YALE in 1781 ... at
UNIVERSITY OF PA in 1783 ... from
BROWN in 1790 ... also, from
WASHINGTON COLLEGE, Maryland - in 1789.
Partial GW Medical History || As President for the Constitution || As President <=CLICKS
Mt.Vernon - GW's Diary || and the 1812 2nd-War for Independence
Action Painting:
"In a dream, I met George Washington" by N.C.Wyeth - at
Brandywine River Museum, Chadds Ford and
some other paintings. < clicks
Pre- GW's Presidency Clicks
Presidential Names You May Not Know !
Randolph, Middleton, Hancock, Laurens, Jay, Huntington, McKean, Hanson, Boudinot, Mifflin, Lee, Gorham, St.Clair, Griffin
Later, click to these "very lengthy" Revolutionary War sites :
The Declaration of Independence
The Constitution and the "Bills of Rights"
The Spiritof 76 for the Philadelphia area;
www.revwar.com for militia reenactments information
(a similar name - "this (my) site" is revwar.ORG or morristown.org)LIFE SUMMARY. War Years: #1775, #1776, #1777, #1778, #1779, #1780, #1781, #1782, #1783
Military ConnectionsAmerican Revolution - many references
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