Historic Morristown
From the Pan-American Youth Chess Championship in Costa Rica on July 1-7, after spending a few additional days there, we fly directly to the North American Youth Chess Championship in Morristown, NJ on July 12-16.
Naomi (14) plays in the Girls Under 18 category, and gets 4.5 points in 9 rounds, taking 7th place. That's a good result considering she plays 4 years up.
Morristown is a historic place. For two critical winters of the American Revolution, 1777 and 1779-80, General George Washington chose this area as the Continental Army's winter encampment. Because of its strategic location, the area continually served as the military capital throughout the war. During the 1779-1780 Jockey Hollow encampment, over 10,000 soldiers endured the war's most severe winter.
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2017-07-16 Morristown - churches, McCullough Hall, Acorn Hall, George Washington statue, road to NYC
