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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMK9I_new-utrecht-liberty-pole_Greenville-NY.html
This Liberty Pole marks the spot over which the American flag first waved in the town of New Utrecht. The original pole was erected by our forefathers at the Evacuation of the British, November 1783, amid the firing of cannons and demonstration of…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMK5E_new-utrecht-reformed-church_Goshen-NY.html
The walls of this building, constructed in early Gothic revival style in 1828, contain stones taken from a predecessor church built in 1700 as the first house of worship for the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of New Utrecht, organized in 1677. T…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMK5C_the-battle-of-brooklyn_Goshen-NY.html
On July 4, 1776, the Declaration of Independence proclaimed to the world that thirteen British colonies had joined together to create a new nation: the United States of America. Here in Brooklyn, only two months later, the survifal of that new nat…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMK33_milestone-park_Appomattox-NY.html
This park is at the location of the oldest existing milestone in New York City. The New Ultrecht milestone was placed here in approximately 1741 under the reign of George II. The stone, which served as a directional post to travelers, stood at the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMK31_necassius-de-sille-house_Paint-Rock-NY.html
This tablet is placednear the site of theNecassius De Sille HousewhereGen. Nathaniel Woodhulldied September 20, 1776
Erected by theGen. Nathaniel WoodhullChapterDaughters of theAmerican RevolutionMay 20, 1916
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMK2J_new-utrecht-reformed-church_Richmond-NY.html
Completed in 1829, the Church incorporates in its walls the stones from the original structure, which had stood in the eastern corner of the old New Utrecht Reformed Church Cemetery, 16th Avenue and 84th Street since 1700. During the Battle of Bro…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMK2H_milestone-park_Richmond-NY.html
On this site stood the Van Pelt House, portions of which dated to the late 17th Century. During the Revolutionary War, local farmers like the Van Pelts saw their homes used to quarter British and Hessian officers as well as American prisoners. The…