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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2DM4_murphys-corners-historic-site_Pound-Ridge-NY.html
Murphy's Corners Historic Site. . A few hundred feet south of this site stood the farmhouse of First Sgt. Thomas J. Murphy of Co. G, 146th N.Y. Infantry. Recipient of the Congressional Medal of Honor. His extraordinary bravery greatly contributed …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2CYI_the-leatherman_Briarcliff-Manor-NY.html
The Leatherman. Legends & Lore. For no known reason from 1883 to 1889 he trod a 365 mile loop every 34 days between NY and CT clad in 60 lbs of leather.
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM27CN_murray-s-sgt-robert-c-a-war-memorial_Hawthorne-NY.html
S\Sgt. Murray's squad was searching for an enemy mortar position when a member of his squad tripped a booby trapped grenade. Instantly assessing the danger to his men, Murray without hesitation or regard for his own safety, threw himself on the gr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM27CM_o-neill-sgt-richard-w-a-war-memorial_Hawthorne-NY.html
In advance of an assaulting line, Sgt O'Neill attacked a detachment of about 25 enemy soldiers in the ensuing hand-to-hand encounter. He sustained pistol wounds as the advance continued, he received additional wounds but remained in active command…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM245I_gold-star-mothers-a-war-memorial_Sleepy-Hollow-NY.html
In Honor Of
The American Gold Star Mothers
For Their Sacrifice,
Service, and
Patriotism
A mother's tears were shed today
For a battle long ago.
Her precious gift to a warrior son
Whose fate .... she'll never know
Not Heroes shiny medals…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM245E_tarrytown-world-war-ii-memorial-a-war-memorial_Sleepy-Hollow-NY.html
Glory To
Them That
Died In
This Great Cause
In Grateful
Tribute To
The Men
And Women
Of The Tarrytowns
Who Served
In World
War II
( left panel )
For God · For Country · For All
Anderton, Leigh F. · Asp…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WPI_travis-cove-overlook-historical_Peekskill-NY.html
What you see below you in Travis Cove is the foundation of the River Water Intake Shed and the remains of a water pipe that were used by the Fleischmann Distillery in the early 1900s. Water from the Hudson River flowed through this pipe, was clear…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WP7_the-path-to-victory-historical_Verplanck-NY.html
In 1781, the American and French allies combined their armies at a pivotal turning point in the Revolutionary War. Under the command of General George Washington and French General Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau, the armies …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WP6_kings-ferry-offered-a-safe-crossing-historical_Verplanck-NY.html
"You will be pleased on the receipt of this, to order One hundred and fifty Men to bring thirty of the aforesaid Boats to Kings Ferry . . . "Washington to Alexander McDougall, August 18, 1781In August 1781, the Continental and French Ar…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WP3_the-story-of-a-river-historical_Verplanck-NY.html
Before you stretches the Hudson River. It may be placid at the moment or it may be wind-whipped, it may sparkle like diamonds on a languid summer afternoon, or it may be chocked in the twisted torments of winter's ice, or it may bec…