The day is Sunday, August 19, 1781. Despite the rain, General George Washington orders his troops encamped in and near Dobbs\u2019s Ferry to assemble along the ferry road (today\u2019s Ashford Avenue) close to the junction of the Albany Post Road (today\u2019s Broadway). With this \u201cparade for the march,\u201d the soldiers assume that, at long last, they are moving south to attack British General Clinton in New York City\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Fast forward to 2022. On Sunday, September 18, the Dobbs Ferry Historical Society will commemorate the 241st anniversary of Continental Army\u2019s departure from our area with a 1\u00bd-mile march tracing the beginning of the route. The soldiers headed north \u2013 not south to Manhattan \u2013 to cross the Hudson at Kings Ferry. Thus began the army\u2019s 400-mile march to victory against the British in Yorktown, Virginia, thanks to this bold decision of General Washington and French General Rochambeau.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This year\u2019s march, led by fife and drum and the 2nd NY Regiment, will start at Gould Park, stop at the Little White Church Cemetery to honor the veterans buried there, and end at Mead House for activities and refreshments. The regiment will be encamped there and ready to drill new recruits and interpret the life of a soldier. Dr. Daniel Wood, surgeon, will describe battlefield emergency medicine and display his instruments. A colonial lady will demonstrate dress and makeup of the period. And there\u2019s more \u2013 a mix of history, reenactments and activities for all ages!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The day is Sunday, August 19, 1781. Despite the rain, General George Washington orders his troops encamped in and near Dobbs\u2019s Ferry to assemble along the ferry road (today\u2019s Ashford Avenue) close to the junction of the Albany Post Road (today\u2019s Broadway). With this \u201cparade for the march,\u201d the soldiers assume that, at long last, … Continue reading Road to Freedom Day 2022<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3071","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-events","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/dobbsferryhistory.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3071","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/dobbsferryhistory.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/dobbsferryhistory.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/dobbsferryhistory.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/dobbsferryhistory.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3071"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/dobbsferryhistory.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3071\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3072,"href":"http:\/\/dobbsferryhistory.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3071\/revisions\/3072"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/dobbsferryhistory.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3071"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/dobbsferryhistory.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3071"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/dobbsferryhistory.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3071"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}