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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4P5_round-hill-redoubt_Fort-Montgomery-NY.html
During the Battle of Fort Montgomery on October 6, 1777, the fort's undermanned garrison formed a single rank behind the parapet (the fort's defensive wall). British skirmishers approached the fort keeping up a constant fire. The British then sent…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4P0_west-redoubt_Highland-Falls-NY.html
Fort Montgomery's "West" Redoubt was one of three strong points built to defend the fort from an overland attack. New York State's Governor, Brigadier General George Clinton, commanded Fort Montgomery during the battle on October 6, 1777. Clinton …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4OQ_the-battle-around-the-redoubts_Highland-Falls-NY.html
Brigadier General George Clinton, the Governor of New York State, commanded Fort Montgomery during the battle of October 6, 1777. Aware the British were approaching, he ordered some of his men to take a 3-pounder cannon down the western road leadi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4OP_north-redoubt_Highland-Falls-NY.html
The term redoubt at Fort Montgomery means a strong point in the fort's walls. There were three redoubts at Fort Montgomery, including the North Redoubt, which you see here. Two of the redoubt's walls projected out from the fort so that enemies app…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4O7_the-naval-battle-of-fort-montgomery_Highland-Falls-NY.html
Accounts of the naval action during the Battle of Fort Montgomery are conflicting. This scene is one impression of how the river might have looked during the battle.
"The Shark and Cambden were ordered on the east side of the river to defend th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4O6_building-a-fort_Highland-Falls-NY.html
Early in the Revolutionary War, the Continental Congress realized that the Hudson River was critical to the American Cause. If the British controlled the river, they could divide the rebellious colonies. Therefore, the Americans began work on Fort…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4L8_mill-stone_Tappan-NY.html
This is the Bottom or Grinding Stone from a grist mill in nearby Ramapo, Rockland County, New York.
Two rotating wheels, turned by water power, ground corn and wheat kernels into flour.
A gift of R.W. Harry SkyGeorge Washington Masonic Hist…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4L7_troy-n-y-hall-of-famers_Troy-NY.html
The five Hall of Famers pictured above played for Troy, N.Y. (NL) between 1879 and 1882. When Troy resigned from the National League after the 1882 season, these players continued their stellar pro careers with other teams including the future N.Y…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4L6_salix-babylonica-weeping-willow_Tappan-NY.html
The Weeping Willow Tree you see is a shoot from what was recorded as the largest Weeping Willow Tree in the entire United States. The original tree was toppled by a storm on July 13, 1987.
Legend has it that the original tree was planted at the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4L5_washingtons-flag_Tappan-NY.html
This is a Reproduction of the Personal Flag used by General George Washington, the Commander-In-Chief during the Revolutionary War.
Presented by R.W. Ronald J. Steiner, Chairman, George Washington Masonic Historic Site Committee, In memory of h…