In the panoramic Battlefield Theater, experience the fear and frenzy of being on the front line as you are confronted by an all-out British infantry charge at the Battle of Brandywine. In the Oneida Nation Gallery, stand among life-size replicas of members of the Oneida Indian Nation-listen and become immersed in the intense debate. In a war that tore apart families, communities, and tribes, the Oneida Indian Nation made a momentous decision to break with the ancient Iroquois Confederacy and join the American cause. Arms of Independence - The Weapons of War Examine their weapons and uniforms in a touchscreen interactive and read narratives of their wartime experiences, like that of Joseph Plumb Martin during the New York Campaign or Private Johannes Reuber, a Hessian soldier taken prisoner at the Battle of Trenton. Design your own soldier uniform with an interactive display, and learn about how soldiers displayed their loyalties and ideas of liberty by engraving mottos on their equipment, or by choosing a particular fashion of fighting clothes.Ĭhart the action on an interactive map that highlights the encampments, advances, and encounters of the American army and the British and Hessian army at the Battles of Trenton and Princeton. Many of these objects have never been displayed in a public museum before. Walk across a floor-sized map of the campaign in New York, while looking at original witness objects from those battles. Follow the American retreat from New York through the Battles of Long Island, White Plains, and Fort Washington, as 1776 came to a close and American troop numbers and morale began to dwindle. The Battle for New York during the fall of 1776 tested Commander-in-Chief General George Washington and his Continental Army. Core Question #2: How did the Revolution survive its darkest hour?Īmerica would soon learn that it was one thing to declare independence, and quite another to secure it.
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