Speakers: Fred Charles, Revolutionary Hastings Chair<\/p>\n
Niles Jaeger, Revolutionary Hastings Vice Chair & Hastings Historical Society\u00a0Trustee<\/p>\n
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Location of program: Revolutionary Walk in\u00a0Wagner Park, at the intersection of Broadway and Warburton Avenue\u00a0(Parking\u00a0across\u00a0the street at Zinsser Park, Edgar\u2019s Lane & Broadway. Also walkable on the OCA to Edgar\u2019s Lane and turn west down to Broadway.)<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n The Old Croton Aqueduct Trailway connects hikers to historic places in each community it passes through.\u00a0 This outdoor lecture and short walk explores fresh perspectives on the details and context of a Revolutionary battle site near the OCA trail in Hastings. The\u00a0gradual slope walk (.02 mi each way) will explore the ravine where a\u00a0significant part of the battle took\u00a0place.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n On September 30, 1778, along the old Albany Post Road south of Dobbs Ferry (in today\u2019s Hastings-on-Hudson), a combined American force consisting of Continental infantry and cavalry carried out a successful ambush on a marauding Hessian patrol, killing over 15 and taking many prisoners, without suffering significant losses themselves.\u00a0The Battle of Edgar\u2019s Lane was\u00a0a\u00a0psychological boost for the Continental Army and its only real victory in the so-called \u201cNeutral Ground\u201d of Westchester County throughout the war.\u00a0 Fred Charles and Niles Jaeger are part of Revolutionary Hastings, a committee of the Hastings Historical Society formed to\u00a0create a place to share this local history within the context of the American Revolution and the people who lived here at that time.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n