Presidents Day Monday February 15th

For Scott & the kiddo's President's Day was a day off. Instead of going about our own routine we decided to do something to celebrate this special day. We celebrated Washington's Birthday!! About 15 minutes away we visited Washington's Headquarters State Historic Site in Newburgh, New York. From April 1782 to August 1783 General George Washington, Command-in-Chief of the Continental Army, made his headquarters and residence at the Hasbrouck family's field stone farmhouse in Newburgh. It was the longest he stayed at any headquarters throughout the 8.5 yrs of the Revolution. While headquartered here, Washington rejected the idea that he should be king after the war and he announced the cease-fire with the British that achieved America's independence. It was also here that Washington created & awarded the Badge of Military Merit (today's Purple Heart).

Off to the left in the distance is the "Tower of Victory", a limestone monument honoring peace, built in the 1880's.

Washington's Headquarters during the final months of the Revolutionary War.

I totally picture Scott & Maximus dressing up & doing fun re-enactments!

Minuteman Statue.

A Cigar Box guitar!! So so cool & fun!! Scott is so excited to finally know what to do with the
hundred cigar boxes we own! I told him he should make one for every lil boy we know!!

Zoom in to read about the Iron Chain. This is so amazing, they have a section of it on display at the museum. It was under a tarp due to some remodeling in that particular room.