. Summer excursion routes & rates . . . n used in defenceof the nation, and which were individually presented, are mounted and frown threaten-ingly around the quaint old building. The national emblem is spread to the breezedaily, not only to indicate the spot, but to show that the patriotism of our fathers isstill ablaze in the breasts of their descendants. To quote from the address of F. Randolph, on opening of this building to the public, July 4, 1875 : During the summer of 1873, this property, so long and widely known as the oldheadquarters of Washington, was offered for sale.
. Summer excursion routes & rates . . . n used in defenceof the nation, and which were individually presented, are mounted and frown threaten-ingly around the quaint old building. The national emblem is spread to the breezedaily, not only to indicate the spot, but to show that the patriotism of our fathers isstill ablaze in the breasts of their descendants. To quote from the address of F. Randolph, on opening of this building to the public, July 4, 1875 : During the summer of 1873, this property, so long and widely known as the oldheadquarters of Washington, was offered for sale. A few gentlemen concluded topurchase it, and having done so, formed a society known as the Washington Societyof New Jersey, the principal object of which is to perpetuate this house with its greathistoric associations, and to gather within these walls so large and interesting amuseum of articles connected with the Revolutionary and other history of the Colo-nies, that this old mansion, rendered immortal by the name of Washington, shall. WASHINGTONS HEADQUARTERS, MORRISTOWN, N. J. DELAWARE, LACKAWANNA & WESTERN R. R. 35 become a Mecca towards which all Americans will turn their steps and obtain, as froma fountain, inspiration to patriotic life and purpose. Under this roof have been gath-•ered more characters known to the military history of the War of the Revolution thanunder any other roof in America—a fact not generally known. Here, the elegant andbrilliant Alexander Hamilton lived during the long winter of 1779, and here he metand courted the lady he afterwards married, the daughter of General Schuyler. Here,too, were Green, the splendid fighting Quaker, as he was, and the great artilleryoflficer Knox, the noble L,a Fayette, the stern Steuben, the polished Kosciusko, thebrave Schuyler, gallant Light Horse Harry Lee, old Israel Putnam, mad AnthonyWayne, and that brave soldier, but rank traitor Benedict Arnold. Here, too, fromtime to time, gathered prominent members of the
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