Allison Shelley

 

Allison Shelley is a Washington, D.C.-based photographer whose work has appeared in The New Yorker, The New York Times, and The Atlantic, among many other places. Her work has been recognized by the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting and the International Women’s Media Foundation.

By regulation, British officers wore a red coat. Washington later outfitted his troops in blue regimental coats faced with scarlet.

When Young George Washington Started a War

A just-discovered eyewitness account provides startling new evidence about who fired the shot that sparked the French and Indian War

Once 2,000 square miles in Virginia and North Carolina, the swamp today is perhaps one-tenth that size.

Deep in the Swamps, Archaeologists Are Finding How Fugitive Slaves Kept Their Freedom

The Great Dismal Swamp was once a thriving refuge for runaways

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