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Washington's Headquarters in Newburgh: Home to a Revolution

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Washington's Headquarters in Newburgh: Home to a Revolution

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A. J. Schenkman's newest title about the Hasbrouck home that became our nation's first public historic site in 1850. Look for the author at our Old New Paltz Day author's tent.

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128 pages, paperback, by A. J. Schenkman. This book offers an extensive view of the Jonathan Hasbrouck Home in Newburgh, NY and the role it played in the history of the Revolutionary War. Discover how the widow of a Huguenot Street Hasbrouck descendent came to give up her home in 1782 to General George Washington. This is a "must-read" for those interested in Revolutionary, Huguenot, and Hudson Valley history alike.