Recent Photos - 2021 — New York Company, Jamestowne Society

RECENT PHOTOS - 2021

Tappan, New York
Saturday, October 9, 2021

The New York Company traveled to Tappan, New York on November 14, 2021 where we had a lunch and meeting at the Old ‘76 House, an historic tavern where Major John André was confined after his capture while serving as a spy for the British. After the lunch, we went a short distance to the DeWint House, where General George Washington was present four times, most notably for the trial and execution of Major André and later to prepare for the evacuation of the British after the end of the Revolutionary War.

**Partial Group Photo at Old ‘76 House, Tappan, New York**

**Old ‘76 House Confinement of Major John André**

“HERE DIED OCTOBER 2, 1780 | MAJOR JOHN ANDRE OF THE BRITISH ARMY | WHO ENTERING THE AMERICAN LINES| ON A SECRET MISSION TO BENEDICT ARNOLD | FOR THE SURRENDER OF WEST POINT, | WAS TAKEN PRISONER, TRIED AND CONDEMNED AS A SPY. | HIS DEATH | THOUGH ACCORDING TO THE STERN CODE OF WAR | MOVED EVEN HIS ENEMIES TO PITY | AND BOTH ARMIES MOURNED THE FATE | OF ONE SO YOUNG AND SO BRAVE. | IN 1821 HIS REMAINS WERE REMOVED TO WESTMINSTER ABBEY. | A HUNDRED YEARS AFTER HIS EXECUTION | THIS STONE WAS PLACED ABOVE THE SPOT WHERE HE LAY | BY A CITIZEN OF THE STATES AGAINST WHICH HE FOUGHT | NOT TO PERPETUATE THE RECORD OF STRIFE | BUT IN TOKEN OF THOSE BETTER FEELINGS | WHICH HAVE SINCE UNITED TWO NATIONS | ONE IN RACE, IN LANGUAGE AND IN RELIGION | WITH THE EARNEST HOPE THAT THIS FRIENDLY UNION | WILL NEVER BE BROKEN.”
- ARTHUR PENRHYN STANLEY, DEAN OF WESTMINSTER

“HE WAS MORE UNFORTUNATE THAN CRIMINAL
AN ACCOMPLISHED MAN AND A GALLANT OFFICER.
-GEORGE WASHINGTON

CENTENNIAL FLAG SERVICE OF REMEMBRANCE
SAINT THOMAS CHURCH
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2021

The New York Company participated in the Centennial Flag Service of Remembrance at Saint Thomas Church in midtown Manhattan on Sunday, November 14, 2021. Our Company was well represented among the Historical and Genealogical Societies who participated in this event. Dana Gumb carried The Jamestowne Society flag in the procession.