On Mountainview Avenue at New York State Route 59, on the right when traveling north on Mountainview Avenue.
Rockland Brink's Robbery
On October 20, 1981, a three-year crime spree in the New York Metropolitan area came to an end at this site. Members of the Weather Underground, a radical domestic terrorist group, robbed a Brink's armored car at the Nanuet . . . — — Map (db m33649) HM
On Stony Point Park Road, on the left when traveling east.
This tablet is to commemorate the heroic capture of the fortress of Stony Point by troops of the Light Infantry under the command of Maj. Gen. “Mad” Anthony Wayne the night of July 15-16, 1779 Erected by the Jewish War Veterans of . . . — — Map (db m11617) HM
On Strawtown Road just south of Demarest Avenue, on the right when traveling south.
This trough was built at a time when horses provided the basic means of transporting people and their possessions in Rockland County. It was fed by an underground spring that provided clean water for any thirsty animal in the neighborhood. Using . . . — — Map (db m21379) HM
Near Brick Church Road 0.1 miles east of New York State Route 306, on the right when traveling east.
Daniel Carter Beard served with distinction as our first National Scout Commissioner from 1910 to 1941.
Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, from 1928 until his death in 1941, Uncle Den called Brooklands in Suffern, Rockland County, New York his home. . . . — — Map (db m138407) HM
Placed by the Rockland County Society to mark the oldest building dedicated to God’s service now standing in the County of Rockland, New York ----- this ----- “Old Stone Church” was erected in the year 1813 by a newly organized Society of the . . . — — Map (db m44304) HM
On New Hempstead Road at Old Schoolhouse Road, on the right when traveling west on New Hempstead Road.
Erected by the Rockland County Society to commemorate the establishment of the New Hempstead Presbyterian Church as the second religious organization in the present County of Rockland, New York. This church was founded a few years after 1713, when . . . — — Map (db m44223) HM
A Bench by the Road
There is no place you or I can go, to think about or not think about, to summon the presences of, or recollect the absences of slaves; nothing that reminds us of the ones who made the journey and of those who did not . . . — — Map (db m130327) HM
The Tappan Indians, from time immemorial, occupied these lands fronting on the river shore. Here, in summer, they lived upon the fish and oysters which the waters produced in abundance. In the Algonkian dialect, spoken by them, they called this . . . — — Map (db m44310) HM
On Dutch Hill Road north of Orangeburg Road, on the right when traveling south.
Town of Orangetown Rockland County, N.Y. Settled 1639 by David De Vries; County seat of Orange County 1683-1764; Established by New York State 1788 from parts of Lockhart (1685), Tappan (1686) and Kakiat (1696) Patents: Home of the Orangetown . . . — — Map (db m138662) WM
On Piermont Avenue at Ritie Street, on the left when traveling north on Piermont Avenue.
On May 4, 1783 General George Washington and Governor George Clinton landed near here on their way to Tappan to meet with Sir Guy Carleton, Commander-in-Chief of the British Army of North America.
Here, on May 6, Washington greeted Carleton . . . — — Map (db m173714) HM
On Oak Tree Road, on the left when traveling west.
This is the Bottom or Grinding Stone from a grist mill in nearby Ramapo, Rockland County, New York.
Two rotating wheels, turned by water power, ground corn and wheat kernels into flour. — — Map (db m7446) HM
On South Main Street (County Route 29) near Congers Road, on the right when traveling south.
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In Memory Of
Those Law Enforcement Officers, Residents Of Rockland County
Who Dedicated And Sacrificed Their Lives In The Line Of Duty
Constable John Cahill – Aug. 19, 1905 Haverstraw Village Police Department . . . — — Map (db m32551) HM
On Germonds Road south of Duke Lane, on the left when traveling north.
Pre-eminent Rockland County historian George H. Budke Jr. (1868-1948) grew up in this farmhouse. Situated on land originally owned by the Vanderbilt family, the house was expanded on multiple occasions and now largely represents the Colonial Revival . . . — — Map (db m125290) HM
On Railroad PLace 0.1 miles east of Main Street, on the left when traveling east.
While visiting the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo on September 6, 1901, President McKinley was shot and wounded in an assassination attempt. Vice President Theodore Roosevelt arrived in western New York the next day. Four days later, with . . . — — Map (db m138517) HM
On New York State Route 59 at Mountainview Avenue, on the right when traveling west on New York State Route 59.
Erected by the
Rockland County Society
To commemorate the opening of the
Nyack Turnpike
Between Nyack and Suffern
The first direct highway across the County of Rockland and the first important public work undertaken therin by private . . . — — Map (db m33648) HM
It Began with a Boom Just over a century ago, more than a thousand cubic yards of the Palisades Cliffs were being blasted away every day for a growing New York in need of roads and foundations. The constant explosions could be felt and heard . . . — — Map (db m44589) HM
It Began with a Boom Just over a century ago, more than a thousand cubic yards of the Palisades Cliffs were being blasted away every day for a growing New York in need of roads and foundations. The constant explosions could be felt and heard . . . — — Map (db m53741) HM
On South Street (U.S. 7) north of Elm Street, on the left when traveling north.
On the morning of September 11, 2001, two hijacked jetliners were flown into the twin towers of New York's Trace Center, a third jetliner dove into the Pentagon, and after passengers attempted to wrest control from the terrorists on board, a . . . — — Map (db m303947) HM
Near Livingston Street, on the right when traveling south.
This House was occupied by General George Washington as Army Headquarters on four occasions during the Revolutionary War.
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Here the General in 1780, after reviewing the evidence in the case of Major John Andre, Adjunct General of the . . . — — Map (db m267956) HM
On Central Drive at South Liberty Drive (U.S. 9W), on the right when traveling east on Central Drive.
WW I 1917 – 1918
In Flanders Field
Loved and Were Loved
And Now We Lie In
Flanders Field
By John McCrea
The War to End All Wars
President Woodrow Wilson
WW II 1941 – 1945
Pearl Harbor Dec. 7th 1941
A Day . . . — — Map (db m37059) WM
On West Main Street at Carll Avenue, on the left when traveling east on West Main Street.
Robert Moses, (1888-1981), was responsible for more building than any single person since the pharoahs ruled Egypt. Between 1924 and 1968, Moses was the dominant and sometimes controversial force in the creation of extraordinary public work in . . . — — Map (db m125762) HM
