Historical
Sites and Museums:
Brick
House
Montgomery, NY
www.orangecountygov.com
Bull
Stone House
Campbell Hall, NY
www.bullstonehouse.org
Constitution
Island
West Point, NY
www.constitutionisland.org
Gomez
Mill House
Marlboro, NY
www.gomez.org
Hill-Hold
Campbell Hall, NY
www.orangecountygov.com
Knox’s
Headquarters State Historic Site
New Windsor, NY
www.palisadesparksconservancy.org
New Windsor
Cantonment State Historic Site
Vails Gate, NY
www.palisadesparksconservancy.org
Washington’s
Headquarters State Historic Site
Newburgh, NY
www.nysparks.com
West
Point Museum
Highland Falls, NY
www.usma.edu
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Information about the Colonial Period and the American Revolution
There are many wonderful books available and here are some
of our favorites:
For Children:
If You Lived in Colonial Times by Ann McGovern
Shh! We’re Writing the Constitution by Jean Fritz and
Tomie dePaola
What’s the Big Idea, Ben Franklin? By Jean Fritz
Phoebe the Spy by Judith Griffin
The Secret Soldier by Ann McGovern
Crispus Attucks: Black Leader of Colonial Patriots by Dharathula
H. Millender and Gray Morrow
For Adults:
The Trial of Levi Weeks by Estelle Fox Kleiger
John Adams by David McCullough
The Adams-Jefferson Letters edited by Lester J. Capon
The Island in the Center of the World by Russell Shorto
The Seasonal Hearth by Adelaide Hechtlinger
A
Museum of Early American Tools by Eric Sloane
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