Ready to fire the cannon and the encampment:
The following was a demonstration on the evolution of the American flag. We came in on this one, so I didn't get the history of it.
This flag was flown by both the British and the Americans
When the Patriots realized that Britain was no longer our "friend," they dropped the British cross and just left the 13 stripes for the 13 original colonies.
As we got closer and closer to war, we held our ground to seceded from Britain.
Contrary to what I grew up to believe, there is no documentation to support the fact that Betsy Ross made this flag. The first record of the flag was when Betsy's great-grandson stated decades later that Betsy made the flag. The contest to make an American flag had few stipulations: It had to have 13 strips and it had to have 13 stars against a blue background. Because of the vague requirements, many different versions of the flag were made.
This is the first flag approved and sanctioned by Congress to become America's flag. There were two versions with the stars placed is two different patterns. One may have been used by the Navy, where the other was
This man is using a long pipe to stoke the fire under a dutch oven.
Getting ready to fire the cannon.
This is Sibyl Ludington. From Wikipedia:
Sybil Ludington (April 5, 1761 – February 26, 1839), daughter of Colonel Henry Ludington, was a heroine of the American Revolutionary War who mounted on her horse, Star, became famous for her night ride on April 26, 1777 to alert American colonial forces to the approach of the British. Her action was similar to that allegedly performed by Paul Revere,[1][2][3][4][5] though she rode more than twice the distance of Revere and was only 16 years old at the time of her action. She was an aunt of Harrison Ludington, the Governor of Wisconsin.
A colonial scene. The woman on the right is playing a hammered dulcimer. The two people in the back are eating stew and standing in front of a stone oven that has bread baking. The woman on the left is churning butter.
Patriot soldiers:
The boy in the dark coat is a British soldier who was shot and captured in the woods.
His trial is to take place under the tent. The soldiers are currently discussing how they are being taxed by the British without representation
Soldiers marching from Fishkill to Cold Spring, NY
This is the First Reformation Church of Fishkill. During the reformation from the Catholic Church, basically every country formed their own religion: Lutheran from Germany, Presbyterian from Britain and Scotland, and the Dutch formed the Reformation Church.
Most wars throughout history were started by peasants uprising against their tyrannical government. The Revolutionary War is the only war that was started by the Aristocrat.
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