Tell them that it is an old Indian burial ground. That will bring it to a screeching halt.
Just made a visit to the grave of Private Joseph Plumb Martin, revolutionary soldier and memoir-writer, who is buried in a Protestant cemetery in Maine.
An IHOP in the trees ?
Isn’t that racist ....:o)
There are other hallowed sites from the Revolutionary war that deserve respect...
Howard’s Tavern in Brooklyn comes to mind. Now, covered with street pavement or car depots.
I'd boycott IHOP but since I never eat there...
IHOP?
Good luck with that.
If you’re ever traveling across I-84 through Fishkill, stop at the Red Line Diner.
You can thank me later.
And, of course, we should protect these burial sites from development. There’s plenty of room for everything we need.
filmed at noontime on Dec 10 ,2011 at the Revolutionary War Soldiers' gravesite - when Wreaths were placed at 600 Cemeteries across the Country at noontime as part of the "Wreaths Across America" memorial service to remember our serviceman and servicewomen from all of our Wars. . . . Judy Lynch Wolf in period dress lays the first wreath as do Tracy Wolf and others from the 5th New York Regiment. The loud reports from the is distorted by the small microphone on the camera. It was quite impressive. Again, unfortunately, the microphone picks up the sound of the traffic roaring past on Route 9, and the wind also at times. Lance Ashworth, makes a short speech, several wreaths are placed at the Revolutionary War Soldiers' "Cemetery", Alison MacAvery, Dutchess County Legislator, representing Fishkill, and yours truly, as president of the Fishkill Historical Society make short speeches. Members of the 5th NY Regiment re-enactors fire their muskets in a Salute to their fallen comrades. (Three of them have relatives buried at the Burial Site, and also one of the spectators also - who happens to live up Van Wyck Lake road).
Alas, nothing is sacred anymore. Tun Tavern once stood at a location now occupied by Interstate 95.
Semper Fi
Thousands of revolutionary war dead are buried in a park behind Independence Hall in Philadelphia...
They built a mall on the site of the Fishkill Depot itself, basically destroying that important Revolutionary War archaeological site. I haven’t been up there in years but last time I saw it, the mall was pretty much abandoned, I hear there is a Home Depot there now.
Describing it as a cemetery being replaced by an IHOP is ridiculous, but apparently very effective. I wouldn’t’ve thought Freepers were so gullible for media bias. It makes sense for an archeological museum to include food service, but this is primarily an archaeological museum.
So far, three sets of remains have been discovered at the site, but it was never a cemetary. There may be more. The story makes it seem like the 10-acre site will be covered over by an IHOP-based strip mall, forever preventing archaeological research. The reality is that the site was chosen FOR the archaeological research.
It could be the largest Revolutionary War cemetery? That’s a little bit like finding a flake of gold in a river bed and declaring it COULD be the largest gold mine in the world. Do you really think that most Revolutionary War dead were simply dug into the ground of a supply depot?
The site of any permanent structure MUST thoroughly searched. And it makes sense for 3rd party citizens to keep a tight eye on things. But to fundamentally mischaracterize an historical museum as an IHOP betrays that something else sinister (and probably leftist) is at foot, here.
Shopping and eating. We can’t make anything because the factories are all closed, but we can serve up bad food on every corner, and go shopping. We’ve become a nation of cashiers, stock-boys, burger flippers, and civil servants.
Who cares? Just a bunch of old dead racist white guys...
Another ridiculous lie is that the project will leave only 1/4 of an acre untouched. Actually, the grounds are 960 acres. 950 will be preserved from every type of development, save archeological research. 10 acres will be set aside to promote education, and serve as an on-site museum. The 1/4 acre claim ignores 950 acres that aren’t part of the development plan, but will be preserved by it. Sorta like the Muslims complaining they get only a small portion of Israel, ignoring the 1/3 of the Earth they dominate.
The Revolutionary War.... That was when we fought the Germans, right? Or was that the one the Racists under George Wilmington fought to take the land away from the noble, Native Americans so they could oppress black slaves on plantations?
It’s a hopeless cause here, folks. Say you could explain who is buried here to the people who were educated in the last thirty years. They’ve been “educated” to believe the Revolutionary War was fought by unjust racists. They may insist on paving the site over immediately, or worse.
York, PA has a similar site; Camp Security, a Revolutionary War Camp and POW Prison, though long neglected. A developer obtained posession of the land, but locals got him stopped. Archaeologists now busy seeing what might be buried there.
Paved paradise, put up a parking lot...
Ironic that a development project that might endanger some “threatened” rat, insect, fish or weed or is deemed to in some bizarre way to hurt the environment would be stopped in its tracks by regulators and environmental groups, yet desecrating the burials of Revolutinary War soldiers no problem.