Tag: Livingston
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Exploring New York’s Revolutionary War Flags: A Legacy of Liberty
One of the most difficult things about writing about the Revolutionary War is trying to imagine what an American soldier would have seen and felt. Imagine yourself as an Albany County militia man at the Battle of Saratoga. You’ve just emerged from the woods and are forming up into lines for battle. Ahead of you…
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The Hessian Patriot
On April 20, 1818, an old man stood outside City Hall in Hudson having just arrived from Germantown. He was 76 years old, and he was there to apply for a pension for his service to the United States during the Revolutionary War. Like thousands of other veterans around the country he was waiting for…
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Where In The World Is Livingston?
Where in the world is Livingston? A simple question with a not so simple answer. Travelers will find the name Livingston on the map on five continents and at least 19 states. The oldest Livingston is in Scotland, the ancestral home of the Livingston family. Livingston is now the largest town in West Lothian…
Clermont State Historic Site 