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Goshen in Orange County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
 

George Washington

— Legends & Lore —

 
 
George Washington Marker image. Click for full size.
July 22, 2018
1. George Washington Marker
Inscription. During the American Revolution Washington stopped to chat with the children here at this old stone schoolhouse on his way to Newburgh.
 
Erected 2018 by William G. Pomeroy Foundation, New York Folklore Society. (Marker Number 35.)
 
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Patriots & PatriotismWar, US Revolutionary. In addition, it is included in the Former U.S. Presidents: #01 George Washington, and the William G. Pomeroy Foundation Legends & Lore Series series lists.
 
Location. 41° 22.383′ N, 74° 21.033′ W. Marker is in Goshen, New York, in Orange County. It can be reached from New York State Route 17A. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 2275 STATE ROUTE 17A, Goshen NY 10924, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Upstate New York and in the Hudson Valley. It is also in the American Northeast and in the Mid-Atlantic. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Netherland and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Old Stone Schoolhouse (approx. Ό mile away); Site of Signal Fires (approx. 1.4 miles away); Good Time Park (approx. 2 miles away); Goshen Emergency Hospital (approx. 2.1 miles away); Randallville (approx. 2.3 miles away); Horace Pippin (approx. 2.3 miles away); Goshen, Orange Co., N.Y.
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(approx. 2.3 miles away); Erie Station (approx. 2.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Goshen.
 
George Washington Marker next to old stone schoolhouse image. Click for full size.
August 11, 2018
2. George Washington Marker next to old stone schoolhouse
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on February 6, 2022. It was originally submitted on January 23, 2019, by Deryn Pomeroy of Syracuse, New York. This page has been viewed 871 times since then and 42 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on January 23, 2019, by Deryn Pomeroy of Syracuse, New York. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.
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