Daughters of Liberty’s Legacy Promote WP History
Back by popular demand, the Daughters of Liberty’s Legacy will be offering a trolley tour of historic places and sites of the American Revolution in the White Plains area. Debra Palazzo, co-founder of the Daughters of Liberty’s Legacy said “the first trolley tour we did back in June was so much fun that people have been asking us to run another one.” The trolley tour includes the site of the old court house where the Declaration of Independence was read for the first time in 1776, the battlefield of the Battle of White Plains, Miller house where George Washington stopped the British from advancing north, Miller hill, several revolutionary homes still standing, Horton’s grist mill and more. Included also is a private viewing of historic Purdy house by the White Plains Historical Society. A Colonial re-enactor, “Mrs. Ann Miller”, who lived through the war will accompany the tour and provide details of what life was like. Palazzo said “there is no greater education then standing in the footsteps where history happened.” The tour will take place Sunday, Oct. 18 at 2 p.m. Donations requested are $50 and all proceeds go to historic preservation. Tickets available at DOLL1776.com or by contacting debra@daughtersoflibertyslegacy.com or 914 495-3631. Light refreshments included.
Photo shows the newly erected gravestone at The Presbyterian Church graveyard, White Plains, where Ann Miller was buried in an unmarked grave near her family for centuries.
