Posted on 07/02/2008 1:25:55 PM PDT by Scythian
That didn’t start until the 20th century.
We’ve got all sorts of historic sites here in New York City, but hardly any are labeled or preserved in any way. There’s supposedly one location in Brooklyn where the bodies of some 100 or so American troops who died in the Battle of Brooklyn lie buried beneath an automobile repair shop or something of the sort! I’ll see if I can find a source with info on this.
My jokes are bad and my wit is quite wry,.. sorry.
“Tobacco was a major cash crop in the colonies and especially in the southern states.”
It’s also a known fact that Washington grew “hemp.” Maybe he was just makin’ rope though.
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If you visit The Ferry Farm (on the other side of the Rappahannock River from Federicksburg), make sure to visit Mary Ball Washington's house and Hugh Mercer's Apothecary Shoppe in F'burg.
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There are approximately 280 or so patriot soldiers (mostly Marylanders) in a mass grave on 4th Ave in Brooklyn. I attended a ceremony there a few years ago commerating their bravery at the Battle of Brooklyn. There is indeed an auto repair shop there and the historical marker was stolen.
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Thanks! I thought so. And those Marylanders were the bravest of the brave. They stood their ground and bought Washington time so he and the main army could slip up to Brooklyn Heights. Several days or weeks later they crossed over to Manhattan in small boats led by the same guy who led them across the Delaware R. The British could have fairly easily finished them off at Bkln Hgts that same day or soon after, but instead, thinking they would soon surrender, backed off and waited. 232 years later and they’re still waiting!
“Remember your history lessons? Tobacco was a major cash crop in the colonies and especially in the southern states.”
Yes, the evil has been present for centuries.....
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
Misleading headline alert!
They found no such thing. They found foundations and what may have been a trash dump. Somewhere in the neighborhood (100 square miles) where his boyhodd home was located.
But that doesn't sound near as scholarly.
Of course, the items they found could not possibly have been discarded by any other family of the period...
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