[ East face ]
The American Revolution
1775 1783
“Americas Most Famous Cannon”
Sept. 21, 1780 John Jacob Peterson of African descent and Moses Sherwood of Van Cortlandt 3rd West, Militia took it to Croton Pt. . . . — — Map (db m23356) HM
Nearly a year after their victory over the British at Yorktown, Virginia, the allied French and American armies reunited in September 1782 for a final goodbye near Peekskill. The French
Army encamped here in Peekskill from September 17-23.
On . . . — — Map (db m259286) HM
[ south side ]
To The Memory Of
The Soldiers and Sailors From
The Town of Cortlandt
Who Served in the Civil War
1861 - 1865
[ bronze plaque on north side ]
Erected by The
Citizens of The
Town of Cortlandt
Through . . . — — Map (db m37082) HM
New Amsterdam businessman and explorer, Jan Peeck, arrived at what is
now Annsville Creek in about 1650. Here he began a fur trading business
with the resident tribes. The area became known
as John Peek's Creek to the English, and
remained . . . — — Map (db m259280) HM
In 1781, the American and French allies combined
their armies at a pivotal turning point in the
Revolutionary War. Under the command of General
George Washington and French General Jean-Baptiste
Donatien de Vimeur comte de Rochambeau, the . . . — — Map (db m259289) HM
[ West face ]
Dedicated to the Memory of the Men of F.D.N.Y. Engine 54 Ladder 4 Battalion 9
Battalion Chief Edward Geraghty – Battalion 9
Captain David Wooley – Ladder 4
Lieutenant Daniel OCallaghan – Ladder 4 . . . — — Map (db m22622) HM
The City Of Peekskill
Honors Those Who Gave
Their Lives In Service
To Our Country
[ far left panel ]
World War I
Roy E. Adams Cortlandt B. Baxter James W. Bell Lorne B. Craig Matthew J. Cunningham Clarence T. Curry . . . — — Map (db m37084) WM
To the memory
of those from
Peekskill
who served in the
World War 1917 1918
Abbotts James F Acker Charles R Acker Clarence T Ackerman Henry Ackerman James Adams Roy E Augustowaski L Alimonti Salvatore Allen Frederick M . . . — — Map (db m293489) WM
Presented to the people of Peekskill and dedicated to the teachers in the public, private and church schools by Chester A. Smith and Edith M. Smith in appreciation of their father, Louis H. Smith for thirty-five years a teacher in the public schools . . . — — Map (db m22632) HM
What you see below you in Travis Cove is the foundation of the River Water Intake Shed and the remains of a water pipe that were used by the Fleischmann Distillery in the early 1900s. Water from the Hudson River flowed through this pipe, was . . . — — Map (db m101125) HM
