Colonial America

Michelle's Galleries


Albany, NY


Albany


A cannon from the Revolutionary War


Outside of the Wayside Inn, where Longfellow wrote in the19th century.


A stone memorial to the poet Longfellow


Paul Revere’s house in Boston


The USS Consititution fought in the Revolutionary War


Independence Hall in Philadelphia, PA


Audubon’s sketches in the North carolina Museum of Art


Notice the ropes on the bottom of this nineteenth century bed. These were used to tighten the mattress, hence the phrase, sleep tight.


Inside the Capitol


Concord


Inside the Old North Church where Paul Revere sounded the alarm


Where the Declaration of Independence was signed.


Where the Declaration of Independence was signed.

 


Benjamin Franklin’s Post Office in Boston

 


In Colonial America, hollowed-out gourds were used as serving spoons.

The Capitol Building


Inside the Capitol


The columns of the Supreme Court


Lincoln’s shrine