#colonialamerica — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #colonialamerica, aggregated by home.social.
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https://www.cyclingeu.com/729120/%f0%9f%94%8d-ormond-or-the-secret-witness-vol-1-%f0%9f%93%9c/ 🔍 Ormond; Or, The Secret Witness (Vol. 1) 📜 #18thCenturyFiction #AdventureNovel #AmericanGothic #Bicycling #Biking #BikingHungary #CharlesBrockdenBrown #ClassicLiterature #ColonialAmerica #Cycling #DarkRomance #EarlyAmericanNovel #EpistolaryNovel #FemaleProtagonist #GothicMystery #GothicNovel #HistoricalFiction #Hungary #LiteraryFiction #MysteryNovel #Ormond #PsychologicalThriller #PublicDomain #SecretWitness #SuspenseStory #yt:cc=on
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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
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Governor Calvert House’s Hypocaust in Annapolis, Maryland
A rare 18th-century heating system tucked inside a historic colonial home.#inventions #colonialamerica #roman #technology #placestostay #historichomes #section-Atlas
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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
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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: https://archaeologymag.com/2024/09/oldest-tombstone-in-the-us-came-from-belgium/
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#archaeology #archeology #archaeologynews #anthropology #tombstone #colonialknight #colonialamerica #colonialera #jamestown
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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.
https://npgallery.nps.gov/AssetDetail/NRIS/85002506
ESM
#History #HistoryMatters #homestead #ColonialAmerica
#decay
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#books shipping to new homes this morning.
#bookstodon #BookSelling #artbook #illustration #mystical #goddess #architecture #ColonialAmerica #CapeCod #Judaica #JewishStudies #history
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Freetown's Krio homes preserve an enduring legacy of resilience—but the question of how to save them looms.#architecturaloddities #architecture #culture #housemuseums #houses #africa #slavery #colonialamerica #colonialism #sierraleone #blackhistory #section-Articles
The Surprising Southern Roots of Sierra Leone’s Krio Homes -
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
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Today in #Connecticut History, June 9: Saving the Oldest Wooden House in Connecticut
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TODAYINCTHISTORY.comhttps://todayincthistory.com/2023/06/09/june-9-saving-the-oldest-wooden-house-in-connecticut-2/
#17thcentury #20thcentury #colonialamerica #colonialera #colonizationandsettlement #connecticuthistory #eastlyme #housemuseums #june #preservation #thomaslee #uspresidents #williamhowardtaft
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Today in #Connecticut History, June 9: Saving the Oldest Wooden House in Connecticut
Read the Story and Subscribe for Daily Updates
TODAYINCTHISTORY.comhttps://todayincthistory.com/2023/06/09/june-9-saving-the-oldest-wooden-house-in-connecticut-2/
#17thcentury #20thcentury #colonialamerica #colonialera #colonizationandsettlement #connecticuthistory #eastlyme #housemuseums #june #preservation #thomaslee #uspresidents #williamhowardtaft
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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 http://bit.ly/WSPharissl
#17thcentury #ColonialAmerica #writingCommunity #regicide #CharlesI @histodons @bookstodon #historicalFiction #RobertHarris #ActOfOblivion
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The Old Field of 1800 in Framingham, Massachusetts
Two stone markers honor the Nipmuc people who first settled here millennia ago.
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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