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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKML_rezeau-van-pelt-family-cemetery_Washington-NY.html
A rare surviving 18th century private graveyard, this cemetery was used by the Rezeau and descendent Van Pelt and Wheatley families. The earliest grave is Jacob Rezeau, 1789. The large center gravestone commemorates Susanna Van Pelt and John A. Va…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKMK_site-of-18th-century-structures_Washington-NY.html
Site of theFirst CountyCourthouse(1729),Jail (1741),Jailer's House(1751).
Courthouse destroyed duringthe Revolutionary War.Beneath this frame & streetintersection are thearchaeologicalremains of these buildings.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMK28_rockaway-footpath_Washington-NY.html
On the eve of the Battle of Long Island in the early morning hours of August 27, 1776, General William Howe, commander of the British forces, ordered a local tavern owner, William Howard, and his son to guide several thousand British redcoats alon…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMK21_four-chimneys_Washington-NY.html
This tablet marks the landupon which stood "Four Chimneys," the house occupied byGeneral George Washingtonas headquartersduring the Battle of Long Island,in which the Council of Warwas held August 29th 1776, whenit was decided to withdraw theAmeri…