Altamont in Albany County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Liberty's Women

Photographed by Trudi Jacobson, July 26, 2026

1. Liberty's Women Marker

Inscription.
Terpenning sisters Maria & Elizabeth, wives of Henry & Levi Van Auken, defended the farm here while husbands served in Revolutionary War.

Erected 2026 by Guilderland Historical Society.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: War, US Revolutionary • Women.

Location. 42° 42.857′ N, 74° 2.781′ W. Marker is in Altamont, New York, in Albany County. It can be reached from Westfall Road 0.6 miles north of Bozenkill Road (County Route 253), on the right when traveling south. The marker is located in the parking lot of the Mohawk Hudson Land Conservancy Bozenkill Preserve on Westfall Road. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 6566 Westfall Rd, Altamont NY 12009, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Upstate New York,

in the Capital District,

and in the Albany Metropolitan Area.

It is also in the American Northeast

and in the Mid-Atlantic.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what

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was once New Netherland

and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within one mile of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Van Auken Brothers (within shouting distance of this marker); Patriot Burials (approx. 0.4 miles away); John Groot (approx. 0.9 miles away); Schilling Park/Dietz Bottling Company / Parque Schilling/Embotelladora Dietz (approx. 0.9 miles away); Altamont Reformed Church / Iglesia Reformada Altamont (approx. one mile away); St. John’s Lutheran Church / Iglesia Luterna St. John (approx. one mile away); Lincoln Avenue School / Escuela Lincoln Avenue (approx. one mile away); The Carriage Works / Fábrica de Transportes (approx. one mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Altamont.

Also see . . . ‘Liberty’s Women’ marked in Guilderland near farm they kept during Revolution.

"Guilderland had over 50 historical markers, but not one of them celebrated a woman....Asked how the sisters “defended the farm,” Haluska acknowledged no battles were fought there — the only Revolutionary War battle fought in Albany County was the Battle of the
Photographed by Trudi Jacobson, July 26, 2026

2. Liberty's Women Marker
Normanskill elsewhere in Guilderland.

“They defended the farm in the sense they kept it going,” said Haluska of the Terpenning sisters.

(Submitted on July 26, 2026, by Trudi Jacobson of Slingerlands, New York.)

Credits. This page was last revised on August 24, 2026. It was originally submitted on July 26, 2026, by Trudi Jacobson of Slingerlands, New York. This page has been viewed 22 times since then. Last updated on August 23, 2026, by Trudi Jacobson of Slingerlands, New York. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on July 26, 2026, by Trudi Jacobson of Slingerlands, New York. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.