San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-10-19
REVOLUTION HEROES.
DEDICATION OF THE MONUMENT.
Ex-Judge Noah Davis Will Preside
Over the Ceremonies.

ments for the dedication of the
monument to the Revolutionary
soldiers whose bodies are buried in
Sleepy Hollow Cemetery at North
Tarrytown today, the one hun
dred and thirteenth anniversary of
the surrender OF CORVALLIS at
Yorktown, have taken tangible
shape. The monument was recent
ly set up in position. The COM
mittee has received a communica-
tion from Washington that the
Navy will be represented by the
cruisers New York, San Francisco
and Cincinnati, which will anchor
in the Hudson off Tarrytown and
fire salutes. The Sons of the Re-
volution and the Sons OF the
American Revolution, together
with the Daughters of the Revolu-
ton, will be present. All the
Grand Army posts Of the county
of Westchester will be on hand,
and also a battery from Fort
Hamilton. Gov. Flower has accept
ed an invitation to be present, and
ex-Judge Noah Davis will preside
over the ceremonies.
The monument stands just with
in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, near
Tarrytown, browning an eminence
called Battle Hill, and within an
old redoubt thrown up to protect
the historic bridge across the Pc.
cantico. 1t will overlook the old
Dutch church where the kinsmen
OF the heroes have worshipped for
two centuries, as we'll as the scenes
of many skirmishes and much Of
the territory made classic by the
genius of Washington Irving. On
it are engraved the names Of the
known Revolutionary heroes of
that vicinity, names which are a
patent of nobility to their descend.
ants and representing many fam
lilies OF the vicinity as well as
many prominent men of other
places.
Neutral Ground" was not a
name given in grim sarcasm, as
might be suspected, but simply
because it was that part OF West
chester county between the most
northern posts Of the British who
held New York City and the most
southern posts Of the Americans.
1t was therefore the scene of al
most incessant guerilla warfare,
and for two seasons the partisan
f,,rxy y,ac Gu &aroa that ouorx, rnoly
was fortress, every hollow place
for ambush, every family was liable
to robbery or even fouler abuse,
and kidnapping, burning and as
sassination were almost daily in
cidents. Tarrytown was the GEN.
tire. Just north OF 1t, in the little
hollow, Andre was captured, and
in the old Dutch cemetery most of
the heroes Of the time were buried.
The population was chiefly
Dutch, and of them General Hur-
ley wrote: 81 can do nothing with
these Dutchmen. l can neither
buy them with money nor conquer
them by force" The descendants
Of Huguenot eXiles then, as now,
quite numerous there, were equal
ly resolute,a and so were most of the
Americans of English blood, but
the humiliating fact must be con-
coded that the meanest Tories came
from the last class. Besides the
active malignants who embraced
every opportunity to torment their
Wing neighbors, there were many
Dutchmen who tried to be neutral
and only wanted to be left alone.
Both classes of Tories, however,
made but small minority of the
population, and in n part Of the
colonies were the peopA generally
more determined and, persistent
for independence. or : > long list
on the monument at ast every
third name is famous =, lur histO-
ry or literature, and Whdl names
as Paulding, Van War4ts4an Tas-
sell, Requa and De Re, (call up
hosts Of memories fro pages
Of Bancroft and Irvingl hat"s
Booal.r Sent. :, anena\
DETROIT, Oct. 49, '"S Zip.
pardt, one Of the be-. =ers
of the city school lizard len-
fenced to five years int ,tCFS Ei-
Tertiary. -s
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