My town didn't have Washington sleep in it--but he did have breakfast there once, or so I was told during the Bicentennial (of the revolution). It's even possible, as the town was between actual troup concentrations in larger towns on either side, but don't ask me which; possibly Wethersfield was one.
I think Rochambeau & all the usual dramatis personae (just the personal staff, but still) surrounding Washington were also supposed to have been there. Truth? I know I heard some things from the whole cloth on that tour of Worthington Ridge, which is where my town was founded. fwiw Ann in CT --- Lavolta Press <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Nah, to most Americans the 18th century is the > remote past. As for > "mythed up," you apparently weren't in my grade > school American history > classes. True and false, we had the > larger-than-life Founding Fathers > (even a few mothers), history told as stories. > There was hardly an 18th-century house or inn > around that > Washington didn't supposedly sleep in. He was Our > Father, larger than > life. > > Fran __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
