The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-10-31
BATTLE MONUMENT UNVEILED.
MARKS WASHINGTON'S POSITION
AT WHITE PLAINS.

Consists or an Old Mortar Unearthed In
Is4O, Mounted on Granite which Bears
a Bronze Tablet Unveiled by De-
~s:cendants OF Two OF Andres CaptOrs.
White Plains celebrated yesterday for the
first time the battle of White Plains The
occasion was the unwilling OF a monument
presented to the town by the Village Park
Association. 1t consisted Of a part of Gen.
Washington's defences, a small mortar
unearthed in 1910 mt the place Of Washing
ton's main entertainments at White Plains
Here. on a mound, the remnant of those
entertainments, it was mounted on a large
block Of granite. bearing a bronze TABLET,
which marked the final stand OF Gen.
Washington at the end of his long retreat,
the abandonment by Gen. Howe of his pur-
pose to capture the American army, and the
reviva Of the hopes for national indepen-
dence."
No red coated Britishers. cleaning Hes
SLAMS, or tattered and hungry patriots Of the
Continental army were visible yesterday.
The celebration was attended by represent
tatives OF the Daughters of the American
Revolution, the Westminster Historical
Society, veterans Of the civil and Spanish
wars, and all the school children in White
Plains, $500 OF them, each with an American
flag.
The parade, Composed Of these bodies,
formed on the site of the old court house OF
Westchester county. the building in which
the provincial assembly of New York met
and heard read the Declaration of d
pendence after its adoption at Philadelphia
and then Transformed New York from a
province to a State by adopting a constitu-
ton. The Daughters Of the American Revo-
luton hold an option on the property, which
is now the Fiero homestead. The pro-
cession marched up Broadway, the man
street in Colouial days, TO the monument at
the top of the hill.
There the school children sang The Star
Spangled Banner" and America, and
made a pretty sight "a they waved $500
flags. Addresses were made by DIR. y. ID.
Kingsley, president of the Village Park Assoc
citation; DR.. ii. r. Schmid. president OF the
Westchester Historical Society; Mrs Julla
Powell, regent Of the local chapter OF the
Daughters Of the American Revolution.
The Rev. j. H.. Rotenson, the present
pastor Of a church organized in the village
in 758, and the Rev. DIR. X. j. keefe prayed,
The monument was presented by Mr.. I.
II, Tibbits on the part OF the PARK ASsocla-
ton to President j. j. Brown OF the village
trustees. More Of the towns historical ira
ditions were brought out when little Hazel
Paulding and Edna Van Wart. DESCENDANTS
of two Of the captors of Major Andre, I'M
yelled the monument. The Grand Army
men fired a salute.
W. A. Woodwork in an address gave a
history Of the hattie. He showed how
Washington, after defeat on Long Island,
had first occupied Harlem Heights, but
in the middle Of October, t776, had de-
spatched his arm in sections to White
Plains in order to Illustrate Gen. Howe's
plan to keep him shut up in New York by
throwing a line to the north OF him from
New Rochelle on the Sound TO Dobbs
Ferry on the Hudson. Washington In
trenched himself at White Plains, the
strategic point, and waited for the delay
ing Howe. Chatterton's Hill, just on the
western border of the town, was occupied
by 100 Americans and was attacked by
1900 English and Hessians on October %,
when Howe arrived. The American troops
could not withstand this force, and with
a few exceptions made a we'll ordered and
well covered retreat TO the main army at
the point where the monument was I'M
yelled yesterday. The house where Wash
ington made his headquarters at White
Plains is still standing a little beyond
where the monument was unveiled.