In 1875, the New York Herald published a “Bunker Hill Centennial” edition and a Revolutionary War recruitment poster was reprinted there. An original page from that edition exists today in the Havens House vault and is quoted here to commemorate Washington’s birthday, courtesy of the Shelter Island Historical Society. It reads as follows: Recruitment Poster “To all brave, healthy, able bodied and well disposed young men in this neighborhood, who have any inclination to join the troops now raising under General Washington, for the defence [sic]) of the liberties and independence of the United States, against the hostile design of...