Excerpt from Reasons for the Centennial at Washington's Headquarters, Newburgh; N. Y Washington's Headquarters in Newburgh, the spot designated for the closing centennial Of the revolution, is a quaint Old stone building standing on a green bluff overlooking the gorge Of the Highlands. Hither Washington led his ragged army from the victorious field Of Yorktown and made it his home for more than a year and a half. Burgoyne's army having been crushed at the north and that of Cornwallis at the south, there was left but one large army on our shores, that of Clinton shut up In New York. While Rochambeau stood watch and ward over the south, Wash ington guarded the north at Newburgh. The Headquarters took in the Hudson River for eight miles to West Point, and the mo ment Clinton should break through the Obstructions across the channel there, he would know it and his army be put in motion. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.