MD, USA
Annapolis
First-person accounts and interpretive stories from Annapolis.
2 Stories
Accounts & Voices
Modern Voice
The Meeting That Failed Into History
The Annapolis Convention of September 1786 matters most for what it didn't accomplish. Delegates from only five states showed up. They couldn't agree on commercial policy. By any reasonable measure, i...
Historical VoiceThe Greatest Act
George Washington
Washington's hands shook as he read the address. He held the parchment in both hands to steady them, and the men watching from the gallery could see it. The ceremony had been choreographed in advance:...