Those who stayed loyal to British crown examined BY ROBERT KNIGHT City Editor An exhibition, possibly the first ever held in Rockland County, will spotlight loyalists residing here during the revolutionary War who supported continued linkage with Great Britain rather than separation from Mother England and the formation of a new and independent United States […]
Join the Village of Haverstraw on Saturday, September 22 at 11 a.m. on the grounds of Emeline Park to celebrate an important part of village history– one that may well have changed the course of the Revolutionary War. The village will be rededicating the John Andre/Benedict Arnold Cannon Monument which used to reside on the […]
BY ANTHONY MELÉ Imagine 236 Independence days ago the inhabitants of Rockland County in 1776 heard the news the Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence. Loyalist to King George knew this was a crime of such magnitude it meant an instant death sentence to all involved. The men we call founding fathers and the […]