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, 
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>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
>
>
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