Participants and Presenters:Members of the Regiments of the New
York Line and Crown Forces
Yorktown Museum Yorktown Historical Society Peter Pratt’s Inn Musical EntertainmentSouthern Schoolhouse Rascals
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Re-enactment Schedule:12:00 noon
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Photo Gallery:NEW! Images from June 11, 2006 Images from May 2005
The Battle of Pine's BridgeAlso known as the “The Messy Affair at The 1st Rhode Island Regiment, under Col. Christopher Greene, supported by Colonel Jeremiah Olney, Majors Ebenezer Flagg and Samuel Ward, Jr., was a regiment of Black Freemen and Native Americans. On April 15th, 1781, the 1st Rhode Island was placed in a defensive position on the north bank of the Croton River, that included several fords and the Pine's Bridge, which was protected at all times. The guards at the fords, however, customarily withdrew at sunrise, on the assumption that the enemy would not attempt a daylight crossing of the Croton. The area was "thick" with Tories and word reached Colonel James De Lancey who commanded the Westchester Refugee Corps. On May 13th, De Lancey assembled a force of 200 infantry and 60 cavalry and moved north via back lanes through neutral territory. Their destination was Oblenis Ford over the Croton River. At daylight on May 14th, after the American Guards were withdrawn for breakfast, De Lancey's troops galloped across the ford and rode up the steep hill to the Davenport House where Greene and his officers lay sleeping. Angered by a pair of pistol shots from the house, De Lancey's troopers dismounted and burst into the Davenport House, sabering Colonel Greene, killing Major Flagg and a junior officer. The infantry scattered the surprised Rhode Islanders, killing fourteen and capturing thirty. The dying Colonel Greene, still in nightclothes was tossed over a saddle, in which position he soon expired. His mangled body was unceremoniously dumped into a ditch where it was discovered by pursuing American Cavalry. At the Crompound Presbyterian Church, on Route 202 in Yorktown, 2 monuments have been erected. One states that it honors Col. Greene and Major Flagg plus another officer killed later in the war, who are interred beneath. The second stone honors the thirteen black enlisted men, but makes no specific reference to their final resting place. Diaries of the period indicate a common grave, somewhere east of the Davenport House. Brochure
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life and times of our colonial military heritage the
members are from the New York Line including the 1st, 2nd,
3rd, 4th, and 5th New York. Also participating: Pawling's
Levies and Queen's Rangers. 
Flight of the Raptor
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settlement and the Old Put Railroad--provide
valuable information and artifacts for anyone studying local
history including scouts, train buffs, miniature enthusiasts--and
visitors who just want to know "the way it was."
In addition to five permanent exhibit rooms, several changing
exhibits are presented in the main hall during the year. The
Museum also houses a research center containing valuable resources
for genealogical research as well as a Gift Shop.
Yorktown's heritage by identifying
and maintaining historic sites and structures in the Yorktown
and the surrounding area. The society also gathers and preserves
artifacts, books, papers, photographs, and other records and
materials relating to the history of the town of Yorktown.
Membership gives the opportunity to attend historical programs,
participate in local historical research, meet professional
and amateur historians, and attend social events.
of General George
Washington's Northern Continental Command Post to the British
Tories in 1781. The restaurant area was originally the foundation
of a barn built in 1760. The dining room remains authentic
in its colonial design and construction with thick, petrified
chestnut beams and granite boulders that serve as the foundation
for 75% of the building. The Inn was part of the 250-acre
Carpenter-Davenport homestead. In 1790, the center section
of the building was constructed in colonial design and the
wings added in Victorian shape years afterwards to make room
for the new Daniel Griffen ownership. In 1861, Daniel Griffen
completed the house as you see it today.
music style as heard in movies like Oh Brother, Where Art
Thou and Cold Mountain. Their music blends the close vocal harmonies
and driving rhythms that are the hallmark of old time country
music.
Linda Russell
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