Join me as I talk about my journey to Gettysburg Battlefield and then on to Antietam Battlefield in Washington County, MD both major battles in the Civil War (1861-1865 ..read more

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According to historic Huguenot Street in the Hasbrouck Family Association, “it is generally excepted that virtually all Hasbrouck’s in America I just sent it from the brothers Jean and Abraham, French Huguenots, who both arrived in America in the early 1670s.” They fled Europe because of religious persecution. Their stone houses , built by their families, in the 1700s, still stand on Huguenot Street in New Paltz, New York. It is here that our story of Jonathan Hasbrouck, who built what would become Washington’s Headquarters, begins ..read more

On July 4, 1850, Washington’s Headquarters in Newburgh, NY became the “nation’s first publicly owned historic site.” Before it became his headquarters it was the home of the Hasbrouck family and noted patriot Col. Jonathan Hasbrouck ..read more

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In the late 1800s Kerhonkson was plagued by two well known Ghosts. The ghost of the Dunn household and the Lewis Rose ghost of Logtown ..read more

In the late 1800s Kerhonkson was plagued by two well known Ghosts. The ghost of the Dunn household and the Lewis Rose ghost of Logtown ..read more

Lewis Rose haunted Logtown in Southwestern Ulster County. Rose had a beef with God. Maybe he did not win ..read more

Today AJ Schenkman discusses in more detail where this podcast will be heading and some of the topics which includes, Roosevelt’s, Native Americans, foods and Ghosts ..read more

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