Tag: Hickey Plot

Posted on November 23, 2021November 21, 2021

Major Robert Rogers and the American Revolution

After his exploits during the French and Indian War, Robert Rogers (1732-1795) was indisputably the most famous military leader born in the thirteen colonies; however, he played only a cameo role in the Revolution because both the British and American commanders-in-chief, Thomas Gage and George Washington, not only scorned him but actually arrested him for […]

by Scott M. Smith

Posted on May 17, 2021May 16, 2021

William Tryon and the Park that Still Bears His Name

Fort Tryon Park, sixty-seven acres just north of the George Washington Bridge in Manhattan, is a bucolic refuge among the skyscrapers of New York City. Children climb in the Javits’ playground; teens toss snowballs in the Heather Garden; tourists queue to visit the medieval art on display at the Cloisters museum; a bundle of black […]

by Scott M. Smith