See attached Lefferts Drawing I pulled from the NYHS website a few months ago.. I wonder of this the one he illustrated??? Phil In a message dated 12/3/05 11:09:40 AM Eastern Standard Time, [log in to unmask] writes: ****** Forwarded Message Follows ******* >To: [log in to unmask] >From: Dave Ruch <[log in to unmask]> >Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2005 15:12:24 -0500 > > >Very interesting Walter, thanks. > >And here is the song that Washington's troops reportedly sang as they >marched down to New York City to take it back from the British: >http://home.earthlink.net/~jeffwarnertradmusic/DoodleDandy.mp3 > >Dave R. >www.daveruch.com > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Walter Greenspan > To: [log in to unmask] > Sent: Friday, November 25, 2005 9:40 AM > Subject: [NYHIST-L] Today is 222nd Anniversary of Evacuation Day > > > On November 25, 1783, the British Army boarded their naval vessels and > > evacuated New York City (then coterminous with New York County), their >wartime > headquarters and their last military position in the United States >during the > Revolutionary War. > > As they sailed away in retreat through the Narrows separating Long >Island and > Staten Island, the last thing they saw, as their ships sunk below the > horizon, was the Flag of the United States of America flying atop the >Liberty Pole > (an extended flag pole) in the frontyard of the Dutch Reformed Church >in the > Hamlet of New Utrecht, Town of New Utrecht, Kings County. Today this >is at 18th > Avenue and Liberty Pole Boulevard (84th Street) in the neighborhood of > > Bensonhurst in the Borough of Brooklyn (Kings County), New York City. > > Replaced six times over the years, the 106' Liberty Pole is the last > remaining Liberty Pole in the original thirteen United States. On top >of the Pole is > the original eagle and weathervane. The eagle is made of wood and has >a 5' > wingspan. After two hundred and twenty-two years, the weather has >weakened it > considerably and it has been reinforced with iron bands. > > Here's the URL for the New Utrecht Liberty Pole Association: > http://www.historicnewutrecht.org/LPA.html > > Here's the URL for the Dutch Reformed Church: > http://www.newutrechtchurch.org/ > > > I hope this information is useful or, at least, interesting. > > Regards, > > Walter Greenspan > Great Falls, MT & Jericho, NY > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.362 / Virus Database: 267.13.10/186 - Release Date: >11/29/2005