A collection of three illustrated essays looking at the preservation of three historic housesand the layered messy process of reconstructing our past and reimagining history. An architect and artist Annie Coggan delves into the history of three iconic American structuresthe Henry Knox Memorial in Maine Fraunces Tavern in New York City and the Betsy Ross House in Philadelphiaand the stories of the people and ideas involved in their preservation to consider the ways in which history is resha