The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-03-29
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
(. THE 2s0TH ANNIvERsARY OF THE
TOWN NEXT MONTH.


n u the Pace where Nathan Hale Wa
Captured and walt whitman Was Born
-Bsas Many hcvsiuttsaary Memories
tho Celebrates 70 De Nstewsvthy.
Huntington. L. l.. is soon to celebrate the
2soth anniversary Of its settlement. Eleven
families composed the party Of original
settlers. They crossed the Sound from
Connecticut on an April day and entering
the large bay now known ~ Huntington
Harbor made . landing. In the pleasant
valleys and on the hills surrounding they
built their homes and laid out their farms.
To-day quite 10000 people ind homes in
this neighborhood.
an an inspiration. Huntington will make
unusual efforts to render the coming
anniversary celebration noteworthy. The
original settlers were Englishmen and
independents who left England during the
reign Of Charles I. Land was purchased
from the tribe Of Matinneoock Indians
who were looked on as the proprietors OF
that part OF Long Island.
The frst church was built In 1895. One
title to distinction possessed by Hunting
ton b that the town was just one hundred
years ahead OF the Revolution when In re-
listing unjust taxation In 1881 several promi.
nsnt men 81 the town were imprisoned
When the stormy days OF the Revolution
finally broke Huntington was ravaEed
by friend and foe. The chief incident that
connects Huntington with Revolutionary
history was Of course the capture Of Nathan
Hale within It's boundaries. Tho place
on the shore where he was captured II
marked BY big boulder into which are SET
bronze tablets telling the story Of his mar
iSoar the public library in Huntington
tain and q tall granite shaft as . memorial
70 the patriot. The old house kept. by
Mother Chidd' or Chichester q . place
called the Cedars on Huntington Bay whers
Hale spent q night ID still standing, al
though much changed. The out Of the
an y, Cd drawing OF the house - II was seen
By order of COL BENJAMIN Thompson.
better known a. Count Rumford. then In
command Of the British troops. the grsyss
S.oa ns III H os %ss. vss ssn a. F.
dug up, tho tombstones torn from their
converted into q fort. Col. Thompson
called the place Fort 0oleotha.
Following the, oomPlsticn Of the fort,
Church torn down 1 and nd used s tks material
In constructing barracks for his men. The
bell Of this church, which was cast In Eng
land and brought TO this country at an eI-
pense OF ELS sterling. was cracked and so
badly damaged that II was reoaet. Tablets
on either aide Of the present church give
the history. Of the ben and the church. One
tablet reads:
The bell OF the First Prssbyterisn Church
the BritisS IL the fds.te swan in IN: s.ke99
lisa II was recast and has xinoe been in
A rude carving Of blockhouse said TO
Huntington heads tho other tabhet, which
reads:
The First Presbyterian Church OF Hunt
ington, organized and first building, erected
ssSSnsa e sy tSs s Sfd 2. s. ss
III. Torn down and material used 70 srect
Fort @ ,lgotha on Durying Jround Hill BY
order Count Rumford. i7sa. Present build
Although during the War Of 1874, British
feet several times lowered In and around
Huntington. no attempt vas made TO land
Fors at different places were weu-mAnnsd
and II IL probable the Britt sh would have
met With a warm reception had they a, :
During the Civil War one entire company
known as Company z, i2fth Regiment /.
Capt. Hewlett ]. Long. was recruited In
Hun, ington. Altogether the Civil War. in
'''S Wall VIII whitman. he poss. was : Born in
this town and the. old homestead Of his
family IL 1t III standing. When u years old
Whitman ssar ed the Long Isidnder, a week
ly paper which In stin In sxisenoe.