Germantown, PA
2 first-person accounts from the Revolutionary era.
Historical Voices
The Battle Lost in Fog
The plan was elegant on paper. Four columns would converge on Germantown from different roads at dawn, hitting the British encampment from multiple directions. Sullivan would drive down the main road....
Modern Voices
The Walls Still Have the Scars
Cliveden is a beautiful house. Georgian architecture, fine stonework, a central hall that catches afternoon light. Visitors sometimes arrive expecting a house museum and are startled to find cannonbal...