Late on September 20, 1776, just a few days after the British had occupied New York City, a series of fires broke out that devastated perhaps a fifth of the city, pretty much everything west of ...
When the British attacked Long Island in August, Washington’s troops faced heavy volleys of musket fire, fusillades of ...
On November 16, 1776, the British under Sir William Howe ... In the nineteenth century, James Gordon Bennett, the publisher of the New York Herald built a house on the site, which is why today ...
click image for close-up In 1776, British troops under the command of General Billy Howe captured New York City. The city continued to be a British stronghold for the duration of the war ...
The comment was made during a roundtable discussion hosted by CNN's Abby Phillip about former President Donald Trump's Madison Square Garden rally.