By Erik Weiselberg, Ph.D.– Our installments so far have featured native sons and daughters of Westchester County, but during the war Americans and Europeans from all over came to Westchester. This installment features Captain George Hurlbut, a native of Connecticut who demonstrated tremendous bravery defending military supplies during an encounter with British naval forces that has come to be called, “The Action at Tarrytown.” The legacy of Captain Hurlbut’s heroism is affixed on an easily overlooked memorial that now stands […]
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