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• General Washington Loses Fort Washington

  
  Today's History Lesson — Authority: 124
  By mid-November of 1776, the reality of their rebellion against the King George III was beginning to slap the Colonists in the face…hard.  The excitement of July 2nd’s Declaration of Independence had, in the ensuing months, been replaced a new truth.  A sobering, more immediate truth, stronger than the flush ...
  2 weeks ago

• Colonies Create First Confederacy

  
  Today's History Lesson — Authority: 124
  We’ll keep it brief this evening… Barely one week had gone by since the Second Continental Congress had passed the Lee Resolution , which declared the 13 Colonies to be independent from the British Crown, and there was a bustle of activity.  Some members of the Congress had returned home, needing to sell the ...
  3 weeks ago

• In Congress, Ignorance is Strength

  
  Count Us Out — Authority: 151
  by Edward Cline, 11/14/09I open this commentary with the introduction to my previous commentary, “The Mainstream Smearing of Ayn Rand.” The disparity in subject is not so irrelevant as one might presume, but I won’t dwell on that matter. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi looked like a deer caught in the ...
  3 weeks ago

• Storecasting: Kohls to Struggling Midtown Building?

  
  Racked NY — Authority: 678
  1775 mid-makeover via Curbed This summer, WWD reported that Wisconsin-based big box store Kohls had its eye on several locations around midtown. Today, Crains brings us the story of one of those locations, 1775 Broadway , a Columbus Circle development that will be in trouble if Kohls doesnt move in. ...
  3 weeks ago

• Big-Box Blowout!: Maybe that whole facelift thing wasnt...

  
  Curbed NY — Authority: 681
  Maybe that whole facelift thing wasnt the best idea. Crains reports that 1775 Broadway, currently being glassed up and re-branded as 3 Columbus Circle (f/k/a/ the Newsweek Building), will have its power shut off on Monday if developer Joseph Moinian doesnt pay the ConEd bill. Moinian is in a bit of a financial ...
  3 weeks ago

• Send in the Marines

  
  Beer-Stained Letter — Authority: 116
  N ovember is a military month, and there are a couple of things to highlight for this week. Tuesday at the Tun Tavern, the 234th Marine Corps birthday bash is being held, beginning at 7 p.m. Think, beer, camaraderie and a chowline in Atlantic City. This annual affair draws a pretty big crowd, and its Tun Tavern ...
  4 weeks ago

• Citizenship for Polish Hero of American Revolution

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 904
  Gen. Casimir Pulaski finally became an American citizen, 230 years after he died fighting in the Revolutionary War.
  4 weeks ago

• In Memoriam: What Henry Knox has to do with 9/11

  
  Walking the Berkshires — Authority: 412
  In January, 1776, Henry Knox and his civilian teamsters  passed through Egremont, Massachusetts on their way through the Berkshires with a train of cannon and other war supplies destined for Boston.  In September, 2001, hijacked passenger airliners were deliberately crashed into the heart of New Yorks financial ...
  4 weeks ago

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