The War for American Independence ran right through our neighborhoods, with George Washington and his Continental Army headquartered here in 1776, and a patchwork of farms and estates that were owned by prominent colonial families, with loyalties divided between the Crown and the Revolution. Many of our nation’s Founding Fathers — including the “Father of the American Revolution” — lived, worked, and helped lay the foundation for our country here. Leading Revolutionary War figures are memorialized on our streets and in our architecture, and some returned here to commemorate the American War for Independence.

Our new StoryMap explores them all, allowing you to see how the American Revolution was fought, played out, and left a lasting imprint upon our neighborhoods, through the people and places that shaped it.

Our new Revolutionary War StoryMap is one of dozens of maps and tours we’ve produced on the history, architecture, and culture of our neighborhoods, highlighting everything from civil rights to women’s suffrage, immigration to artistic movements, and Hip Hop to folk music to Jazz. 

And join us this Wednesday at 6pm for “
American Independence in Brick and Stone: Federal Style Architecture in Greenwich Village, the East Village, and NoHo.”