![]() President George Washington stayed here during his tour of Long Island in 1790. ![]() British forces occupied the Manor briefly during the Revolutionary War. On the South Shore, be sure to visit Sagtikos Manor in Bay Shore, built in 1697. Stony Brook University Library’s Special Collections has two original Culper Spy Ring letters from General Washington to his Long Island spymaster. Make sure to visit the Three Village Historical Society to see exhibits on the ‘Spy Ring’ and to find out about special events and tours. In East Setauket, Sherwood-Jayne Farm was the home of Loyalist William Jayne, also known as “Big Bill the Tory”. Stop in at the Thompson House to see some of the spies' names in the doctor’s book here. Nearby on Dyke Rd is the Woodhull Home marker, and go down Strongs Neck Rd., where Anna Smith Strong and Abraham Woodhull lived. See where the British had a garrison quartered where the Battle of Setauket was fought near the Setauket Presbyterian Church on Caroline Ave., Setauket. ![]() Among the sites to visit are Raynham Hall in Oyster Bay, where the Townsends became part of the Washington Spy Ring The Arsenal in Huntington, where Job Sammis hid stores of gunpowder in his attic during the onset of the British occupation the Conklin House where Sybil Conklin lived and worked here while her husband, David was held prisoner by the British during the Revolutionary War in Lloyd Harbor, the British occupied Joseph Lloyd Manor and the Brewster House in Stony Brook where American Patriot Caleb Brewster spied on British soldiers during the Revolutionary War. Stretching along Long Island’s North Shore is Route 25A, also known as the Long Island Heritage Trail. President George Washington traveled this same route in a 1790 horse-drawn carriage tour on a mission to thank his Long Island Revolutionary War supporters and the ‘Culper Spy Ring’ for their help in winning the American Revolution. There’s a lot of kids activities, but then, for the people that are really into it, there are full-on discussions of the logistics of Grant’s Tennessee campaign.Revolutionary History Revolutionary War Era Heritage TrailĬome discover a fascinating history filled with spies and intrigue during the Long Island Revolutionary War Era.Īlthough it was largely occupied by the British during the Revolutionary War there were many brave Patriots who risked their lives in the Washington Spy Ring to get George Washington the information he needed to win the war. If you’ve never seen a horse before, a cannon fired, if you want to see what a solider wears or eats, there’s all of that. “You have people that are really interested in a particular subject … There’s kind of every level of history there. “In the last few years we’ve done a lot more educational programs and lectures,” Rivers said. They will give a talk, as will someone who speaks on the engineers of the war. New this year, Rivers said, is a group portraying the Black soldiers who fought in the Civil War. Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address is set to close the event at 2:45 p.m. People portraying historical figures like Lincoln, Union Gen. This weekend’s event features a full schedule on both Saturday and Sunday. She worked on the bicentennial in Massachusetts in 1976, and I think she was interested in bringing that out here.” “When she moved out here, she wanted to kind of continue that tradition. ![]() and I think she felt surrounded by American history in Massachusetts,” Darrell Rivers said. “My grandmother was from Lexington, Mass.
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