New-York tribune., 1909-09-30
MARK HISTORIC SPOTS
TABLETS UNVEILED.
Indians Dance on BOlcLing Green
During Custom House Ceremonies.

Tablets 10 commemorate historical places were
unveiled yesterday from the Custom House to the
outUorks Of old Fort Washington. at the northern
end Of Manhattan, as part of the Hudson Fulton
celebration Guns doomed among the hills below
snuvten Duyvil. and at Bowling Green represent
atIves of the Iroquois or Six Nations danced with
tremendous earnestness before the piece of bronze
telling Of old Forts Amsterdam and George that
had occupied the site OF the present government
building.
The New York Society of the Order OF the Found
e-s snd Patriots of America gave to the city the
,ahlet placed the side of the main entrance of
The Custom House. The Indians about fifty in
number danced their fathers did when the
tribes the north power in the land.
George g Batcheler, the governor Of the society.
presided. General Woodford. president of the Hud-
son Fulton Commission, could be present and
General Frederick d. Grant also absent. Ed
ward II. Hall, after Mr.. Batcheller had made the.
presentation speech. differentiated between Neraz-
zano and Hudson as discoverers of the river say
Ing that the latter actually ascended the stream
and drew attention TO the region, which in
yited its development.
Theodore Fitch former governor of the so
cety spoke The Establishment Of America
Independence and William Crow, eighty-nine
years old, Of one Of the Indian tribes. got a warm
reception as he said:
an glad to be here on this occasion l am glad
e see SO many & people here to see us.thi small
We leave II al TO the Great Spirit. 10 our Great
Father, that We should live happily henceforth to-
the gathering for kind attention.
collector Loeb accepted the tablet on behalf Of
the government. and the benedction was pronounced
sv the Rev Or Edward 2. johnson. chaplain OF
the society. The American Continentals. under
Colonel Henry n. Taylor. commandant and the
Minute Men commanded by Major Paul. were
guard Of honor.
The tablet is Of massive bronze In the upper
section IS extract Of minute from Colonial days
telling OF the building there Of Fort Amsterdam
In 1895 and OF Fort George which was demolished
IN Ign. An exact outline OF the older fort, drawn
scale. follows the minute. and arranged below
The seal Of the order and compass showing the
geographical position OF the fort The tablet also
eontains the commemorative announcement, TO the
exploration Of Hudson. the founding Of New Am
gierdam and the establishment OF American inde-
pendence. Charles r. Lamb designed the tablet.
At the northeast OF Wall and William
streets tablet unveiled to mark the site OF
bastion in the wall built in 1853 the north side
Y Wall street from river 10 river. The Society Of
Colonial Wars in the State OF New York erected the
memorial and had charge Of the ceremonies. Wal
Ter Lispenard governor OF the society made the
presentation address, and Herbert J.. Griggs. presi-
Sent Of the Bank Of New York. whose walls the
tablet Was affixed, accepted it, Dr. Thomas Darling
;on Health Commissioner. made address. exalt-
ns patriotism. Business in that part OF Wall street
vas suspended during the ceremonies
a bronze tablet. marking Fort Tryon, the
rorthernmost outwork of Fort Washington,
unveiled yesterday, salute OF twenty-one guns
echoed in the lnwood Valley. The memorial
SCI I'D on the face Of a bluff on the side 81
Fort Washington avenue. the property OF c. X.
e. Billings. The tablet designed by Charles r.
Lamb and contains the inscription:
0n this hilltop stood Fort Tryon the northern
,1tnork Of Fort Washington Its gallant defence
against the Hessian troops by the Maryland and
Virginia regiment November 16. I7i6. shared
ny Margaret Corbin. the first American woman 10
tax a soldiers part in the war for liberty
Erected under the auspices of the American Scenic
and Historic Society through the generosity OF
q X .. Billings.
colonel Daniel Appleton presented the tablet.
Mrs William Cumming Story chairman Of the
Hudson Fulton committee OF the Daughters Of the
American Revolution. told the story Of Margaret
-orbiu and Miss Helen Varick Boswell spoke on
The American Woman in Peace and War" Five
hundred boys in uniform from the Hebrew Orphan
Asylum. with a squad OF fifty Indians and the
pficers and of the steam yacht Vanads. served
Is q guard OF honor during the exercises.