All Things Holland

I've finally gotten around to posting some pictures from my Blauvelt NY trip. This first couple of shots are from the Baylor Massacre historical site that I posted a couple of weeks ago. Just thought I would prove that I know what I'm talking about and not making this stuff up. Notice Cornelius Blauvelt in the center! This site was where the soldiers were buried with the mill stone on top of their grave. It's located right of the road in a small little park. I found it interesting that people walk their dogs or drive past this daily without thinking of the terrible thing that happened to these men and that this area in effect is a graveyard.

September 27, 1778 After 4 days of assisting the local militia in driving cattle out of reach of British foragers, Colonel george Baylor moved his troops north and located quarters for them throughout barns and homesteads in what is now River Vale, NJ near Tappan. To keep their position secure in such proximity to the enemy, Colonel Baylor positioned 12 men on the only bridge across the river, so as to provide sufficient alarm of an approaching enemy. According to Blauvelt tradition, this guard near the bridge was stationed at the Cornelius Blauvelt farm just above the bridge with the officers stationed in the house itself. The Blauvelts recalled later that the men positioned on the bridge left their positions early on the evening of the massacre to rejoin their companions in the barn saying that it was useless for them to keep watch as the night was so dark that the enemy could never find their way about. The captain upon hearing this ordered them back to their posts only to have them...