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  1. Fascinating deep dive into New Amsterdam's 140-year history from City Beautiful Blog. Did you know the first Jewish settlers arrived in 1654 after being rescued from Spanish pirates? Or that Harlem was named after the Dutch city Haarlem?
    From Verrazano's 1524 sighting through Peter Stuyvesant's stern rule to the peaceful 1664 English takeover, this timeline reveals the Dutch colonial foundations of modern NYC.
    #History #NewAmsterdam #NYC #DutchHistory #ColonialAmerica
    citybeautifulblog.com/2025/05/

  2. Cape Henry Memorial Cross in Virginia Beach, Virginia

    Jamestown may have been the first permanent English settlement in the Americas, but the colonists made landfall at a lesser known cape.#crosses #memorials #colonialamerica #section-Atlas
    Cape Henry Memorial Cross

  3. New research reveals oldest tombstone in the US came from Belgium

    Researchers have determined that the oldest known tombstone in the United States, found in Jamestown, Virginia, originated in Belgium. The tombstone, dating back to 1627, marked the grave of a knight...

    More information: archaeologymag.com/2024/09/old

    Follow @archaeology

    #archaeology #archeology #archaeologynews #anthropology #tombstone #colonialknight #colonialamerica #colonialera #jamestown

  4. Dear Friends,

    #FensterFreitag. This #house, at least the main part on the right, is over 300 years old. It's a rare "overhanging salt box" style. The house is owned by the local township, is nationally registered as an historic site, yet remains in disrepair. I'll speak up about it having just noticed what poor condition it is in.

    npgallery.nps.gov/AssetDetail/

    ESM
    #History #HistoryMatters #homestead #ColonialAmerica
    #decay
    #photography #PhotoResearcher

  5. Colonial Iron Mine in York, South Carolina

    During the American Revolutionary War, iron excavated from this mine was used to make swords, canons, and more.#battlefields #mountains #trails #hiking #abandoned #ruins #colonialamerica #warhistory #americanrevolution #revolution #mines #section-Atlas
    Colonial Iron Mine

  6. Learn how a story about the 17th century's greatest manhunt inspired Robert Harris to write his superb #WalterScottPrize shortlisted novel ACT OF OBLIVION (Hutchinson Heinemann) in this exclusive interview bit.ly/WSPharissl

    #17thcentury #ColonialAmerica #writingCommunity #regicide #CharlesI @histodons @bookstodon #historicalFiction #RobertHarris #ActOfOblivion

  7. The Old Field of 1800 in Framingham, Massachusetts

    Two stone markers honor the Nipmuc people who first settled here millennia ago.
    The Old Field of 1800

  8. Delaware-Maryland-Pennsylvania Tri-State Point in Landenberg, Pennsylvania

    The meeting of the northwestern corner of Delaware, the northeastern corner of Maryland, and the southern edge of Pennsylvania
    Delaware-Maryland-Pennsylvania Tri-State Point