Flappers & Fiction

Imagine a Wall Street where Dutch was still spoken and milkmen carried yokes through the dawn. This chronicle follows George Washington’s reluctant journey from Mount Vernon to the balcony of Federal Hall, capturing a city wild with bunting and a man heavy with duty. It paints the scene of April 1789 with intimate detail, from the laurel crowns dropped by boys in trees to the hush of the crowd. Here is the specific, trembling moment a Republic was born.