Quote Originally Posted by Dobbs View Post
For the march on Philadelphia, the British landed just across the peninsula from my house. It's neat to imagine British soldiers foraging in my backyard.
So Dobbs, are you near Elkton? Working in Newark, I used to go there all the time (way back) to do title and deed searches for my employers. I also used to get all my "grog" at State Line Liquors! Visited all the sites from Howe's landing, through Iron Hill, Cooch's Bridge, Christiana, etc. through Delaware. Ate at a few historic taverns that were once off the beaten path but are, sadly, now almost urban. The same is happening around me. All of our local history is being buried daily; especially since COVID and the sudden inundation of massive warehouses. A mansion in my town where Captain Ewald, with a company of Hessian Jagers, supported by a company of Scotts, captured one New Jersey militia Col. Reynolds and his staff while celebrating a snowy Christmas day, was allowed to fall into disrepair and condemned....

Forgive me, I didn't mean to get preachy.

Mike