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One of most forgotten lighthouses on New York’s Hudson River is the Four Mile Point Lighthouse, appropriately named because it was four miles south of the Coxsackie Lighthouse and four miles north of the Hudson City Light Station that is now known as the Hudson-Athens Lighthouse.
July 21, 1775 at Great Brewster Island, Massachusetts On July 21 , a party of American soldiers, led by Maj. Joseph Vose, set out in some whaleboats for Nantasket Point. When they reached their destination, they drove off the British guard and destroyed the lighthouse on Great Brewster Island.
5 Ιουλ 2018 · On July 6, 1775 Capt. Samuel Rogers of Gloucester decided to take matters into his own hands and martialed a company of militia in whaleboats to the lighthouses.
July 31, 1775 Congress rejects a proposal for reconciliation from the North Ministry. The proposal is sent to prominent private individuals instead of to Congress and falls short of independence.
29 Οκτ 2009 · By June 1776, with the Revolutionary War in full swing, a growing majority of the colonists had come to favor independence from Britain. On July 4, the Continental Congress voted to adopt the ...
In July 1775, Boston Harbor and the lighthouse were under the control of the British. On July 20, American troops under Major Joseph Vose landed at the lighthouse and took lamps, oil, and some gunpowder, and burned the wooden parts of the tower.
27 Σεπ 2024 · Battle of Bunker Hill (June 17, 1775), first major battle of the American Revolution, fought in Charlestown (now part of Boston) during the Siege of Boston. Although the British eventually won the battle, it was a Pyrrhic victory that lent considerable encouragement to the revolutionary cause.
