Revolutionary War Beacons

Hudson Valley Press ^ | 11 Nov 2008 | Anon

[Pharmboy]

Evacuation Day used to be celebrated quite vigorously (an excuse to have a party where the drinks would flow) yearly in Boston, NYC, etc. These parties stopped with the advent of WWI and our alliance with the Brits.

[Constitution Day]

Interesting!

BTTT.

[Pharmboy]

Washington arrives in NYC Nov. 25, 1783

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[Eye of Unk]

I have a feeling there is about to be a modified version of it in the near future.

[ETL]

A WALKING TOUR OF THE BATTLEFIELD IN OUR MIDST

From

THE BATTLE FOR NEW YORK:

The City at the Heart of the American Revolution

by Barnet Schecter

The Battle For New York Walking Tour:
http://www.thebattlefornewyork.com/walking_tour.php

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The Battle For New York Home page:
http://www.thebattlefornewyork.com/home.php

[hedgetrimmer]

That looks like an interesting book!

[aculeus]

bttt!

[ETL]

That looks like an interesting book!

It was/is an interesting book. The author gives lectures and tours during August around the NYC area (see 'Events'). August 1776 was when the British invaded Brooklyn (near Coney Island). It was known as the 'Battle of Brooklyn', or 'Battle of Long Island'. Bkyln is actually part of Long Island, as is Queens. (assuming, of course, you aren't in or from NYC)

[Lucius Cornelius Sulla]

The Hudson Highlands is a lovely area and used t o attract landscape painters from Europe. I lived in the area for years and for two of them I could see them from my front window. New York State is a helpless captive of NYC.

[JerseyHighlander]

IF anyone can find the location of the beacons in NJ it would be appreciated. I’ll search now.

“Instead of lighting fires, Palisades, the Hudson River Valley National Heritage Area, and Scenic Hudson will create a symbolic Xenon light display that will light up Hudson River Valley National Heritage Area from Bear Mountain State Park to Beacon”

I have images of a parking lot full of Spring Valley’s “auto club” 1990 Honda Civics with aftermarket Xenon headlights all pointing outward from the top of Bear Mountain.

[Pharmboy]

LOL! Yep, it would be nice to know where they’ll be so we can position ourselves to see one or more. Thanks for looking...

[ETL]

The Hudson Highlands is a lovely area and used to attract landscape painters from Europe.

Yes, Upstate NY is a beautiful place (most of it at least).

"The Hudson River School was a mid-19th century American art movement by a group of landscape painters, whose aesthetic vision was influenced by romanticism. Their paintings depict the Hudson River Valley and the surrounding area, as well as the Catskill Mountains, Adirondack Mountains, and White Mountains of New Hampshire. 'School', in this sense, refers to a group of people whose outlook, inspiration, output, or style demonstrates a common thread, rather than a learning institution.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hudson_River_School

http://www.artchive.com/artchive/hudsonriver.html

http://www.classicartrepro.com/artistsb.iml?artist=65

[ETL]

A painting which has become a virtual emblem for the Hudson River School is the dramatic 46" x 36" canvas by Asher B. Durand, KINDRED SPIRITS, which hangs in New York City's Public Library. In it Durand depicts himself, together with Cole, on a rocky promontory in serene contemplation of the scene before them: the gorge with its running stream, the gossamer Catskill mists shimmering in a palette of subtle colors, framed by foliage. In the foreground stands one of the school's famous symbols--a broken tree stump-- what Cole called a "memento mori" or reminder that life is fragile and impermanent; only Nature and the Divine within the Human Soul are eternal. Tiny as the human beings are in this composition, they are nevertheless elevated by the grandeur of the landscape in which they are in harmony. As Cole and Durand firmly believed, if the American landscape was a new Garden of Eden, then it was they, as artists, who kept the keys of entry.

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/ihas/icon/hudson.html

[voiceinthewind]

bttt

[the OlLine Rebel]

Sounds cool. But I still think the wussies should use fire.

Slightly off-topic: when is Obama going to start hi-jacking our heritage so that the celebration is excessive and somehow linked to him and his Congress minions?

[the OlLine Rebel]

Ah, the once-great Marylanders.

[Pharmboy]

Yeah...real fire would be better, but the expense would likely have increased because of the safety precautions.

[the OlLine Rebel]

Generally Nat’l Park does not permit anything that could “do harm”, including live firing of muskets. Makes Defender’s day a drag at Ft. McHenry. “click-click-click”

[Centurion2000]

bttt

[HighlyOpinionated]

I love history. One of my forebears (direct) was with Washington at Yorktown, VA, when Cornwallis surrendered. Don’t know where he is in the “photos” but his name was Sgt Robert Brooks.