Ep 10 - Rise up and Fight Washington! - A Vision on Water Street

06/21/19 • 13 min

Dovecote - Dispatches from the Forests of NYC - A City Between Podcast

In this episode of the City Between we continue our exploration of New York in war time, as the city’s residents endured seven long years of war against Rebel forces from 1776-1783. We are going in search of a disembodied voice, that called out to a soldier in barrack on Water Street in 1781, giving a vision of Americans rising up to fight George Washington and his rebel armies... for their freedom.

The music for the episode was composed by the talented Dylan Thurston.

SEASON 1 - ESSAYS ABOUT NEW YORK HISTORY AND CULTURE

The music for the episode was composed by the talented Dylan Thurston.

SEASON 1 - ESSAYS ABOUT NEW YORK HISTORY AND CULTURE

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In this episode we travel to the heart of the Anti-Revolutionary War - New York City in 1781. A city teeming with Loyalists and the headquarters of the British in their campaign against the Rebels received a visit from the Royal Family, a 16-year old prince looking for a good time in war time. City Between is a podcast about the unusual corners of New York History - Join us! More information is at www.citybetween.com and find more from the excellent music composed for us by Dylan Thurston at www.dylanthurston.com.

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Welcome to the City Between Podcast where we explore the unexpected and forgotten corners of New York City's History. In the last few episodes we have explored the Revolutionary War in New York, but from what we might think of as the “other side”, those who supported the King and Crown, the Loyalists. As war arrived, these men in women, for a wide variety of reasons, sided with their King and his army. Convinced they had the most powerful military on earth on their side, they hoped they could help put a swift end to the rebel agitation and chaos and press for reconciliation. Today’s episode tells the story of how this almost came to be, how the King’s Army with a plan from a Loyalist New Yorker, a general in its rank’s, led them into the Revolution’s first real battle and served an almost total- war-ending victory for the Crown.

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