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Fwd: [NYHIST-L] Save the Fishkill Encampment and Supply Depot
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>From: Mara Farrell <[log in to unmask]>
>Date:         Wed, 25 Oct 2006 17:33:42 -0400
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>The Fishkill Encampment and Supply Depot was critical to the success of the

>Continental Army during the American Revolution and was central to the 
>founding of the United States.  Documents show that its importance to 
>General Washington as an essential military facility cannot be 
>overestimated.  The Depot played a vital role in the victory of the 
>Continental Army over British forces during the American Revolution, and is

>therefore listed on the National Register of Historic Places.  It is a 
>highly unusual and significant part of the historical heritage of the Town

>of Fishkill, of the State of New York and of the United States of America.

>
>Please view the website:  www.fishkill-historical-focus.org.  Impending 
>commercial development threatens wooded acres belonging to this great 
>historic site.  The website provides a link to a petition currently being 

>circulated.
>
>Thank you.
>
>

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