national register district: Walk where the British marched through Chester County - 06/30/17 09:24 AM
On last night's Town Tours and Village Walks,  we visited Trimbleville,  which was a key spot as the British army followed a maze of local roads on September 11, 1777 on the way to meet Washington's Continental army in Chadd's Ford.
 
Local loyalists led Generals Howe and Cornwallis and 8500 soldiers through this peaceful village which was described as looking today much as it looked that day. Villagers could see dust rising from the Great Valley road and could hear cannons and gunfire across the fields. A local Quaker had warned Washington of their route, but he was ignored because the Quakers … (0 comments)

national register district: Exclusive Peek at Historic Shannon Inn in Christiana, Delaware - 01/02/12 05:39 AM
I was fortunate enough to get a New Year’s Day 2012 tour of a property which was saved from destruction in 1976 in the historic crossroads town of Christiana, Delaware.
During the Revolutionary war, there were 2 hotels in Christiana, the Christiana Inn and the Shannon Hotel, located across the main intersection from one another and both dating back to at least 1770. The Shannon was famous for the quality of its food and the Inns played host to Washington, Lafayette, Benjamin Latrobe, and Mason and Dixon, according to local lore. (map from the 1868 Pomeroy and Beers Atlas of Delaware).
That the … (3 comments)

 
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