A 2nd "Grand Congress" - this one by Lord Loudoun (GW's time in Philly 1757)
This April 12th of 2025 we go to celebrate the first "Grand Congress," a phrase John Carlyle applied to the meeing of Colonial Governoers...
Ukraine in Winchester? And during Washington's time.
It is very likely that Russian prisoners held in Winchester VA during WWII were Ukrainian. This is surprising because we allied with...
Ukrainian Prisoners in Winchester VA?
There's a movie called The Incident starring Walther Mathau, a lawyer ordered by a Judge to be a public defender of a German prisoner...
Amherst Street Winchester VA ---is a timeline of Americana
Amherst Street Winchester VA --- is a timeline of Americana --- a timeline of American history. . The name itself. Jeffery Amherst has...
Did Lord Fairfax work in Winchester VA much?
Lord Fairfax made trips to Winchester often. He held two offices requiring such visits to Winchester VA. The Winchester Star noted that...
George Mercer - the future holds no promise in 1760
George Washington had several high level performers, such as George Mercer and Robert Stewart, who could never get a comfortable...
George Mercer's description of GW in 1760
An often quoted description of GW at this time of uncertain authenticity is said to come from a letter written by George Mercer in 1760:...
Jay Treaty 1794 stories - possible impeachment
Washington's boot camp was Winchester Va where he and his men were heavily criticized in the Virginia Gazette. Everything he saw later,...
Daniel Morgan's GRAVE MATTERS (JP Morgan wanted to improve it)
Rockefeller financed and ressurected Williamsburg in the 1930s, but J P Morgan's proposal to visit Daniel Morgan grave never went...
Another chapter of the Clowser Massacre
On Sundayafternoon 6/29/2025, Eric Robinson and I slipped into another Chapter of the Clowser massacre of 1764, even though we had dinner...
