AND THE VOTERS KEPT ON COMING 20 VOTERS IN PEEKSKILL NEW YORK AT 3 PM TODAY ON THE FIRST DAY OF EARLY VOTING IN NEW YORK.
AT 2 PM BELOW THERE WAS THE SAME PATIENT WAITING BY THE PREVIOUS 20-SOMETHING WAITING
AN HOUR EARLIER AT 2 PM THE LINE WAS THERE.
THE BATTLE OF WHITE PLAINS is THE BIG STOP.
THE BATTLE THAT AFTER THREE DAYS STOPPED THE ADVANCE OF THE BRITISH FORCES WHO HAD PREVIOUSLY PUSHED GEORGE WASHINGTON’S TROOPS OUT OF THE BATTLE OF BROOKLYN, OUT OF NEW YORK GORGE WASHING ENCAMPED AT PURDY HOUSE THEN LOCATED NEAR BATTLE HILL BUT ON LOWER GROUND.
THE TIME WHEN BRITISH TROOPS WERE MARCHING UP BATTLE HILL, MOSTLY GERMAN HESSIANS ALLIES OF THE BRITISH AND REGULAR BRITISH TROOPS. THE EFFORT WAS TO OVERWHELM THE RETREATING FORCES GENERAL GEORGE WASHINGTON WHO HAD CONSOLIATED ON THE HIGH GROUNDS ABOVE THE SMALL SETTLEMENT AT THE TIME OF WHITE PLAINS NEW YORK.
RESIDENTS AND COLONIAL SOLDERS WERE DUG IN ON THE TOP OF BATTLE HILL WITH CANNON AND THEIR LONG RIFLES ABOVE THE BRONX RIVER IN WHITE PLAINS
THE CHARGE UP THE HILL WAS MET WITH CANNON FIRE AND RIFLE SHOT. THE BRITISH ATTACK WAS STOPPED WITH DEVASTATING CASUALTIES AND SHIFTING ATTACKS ON MILLER HILL TO THE EAST WERE STYMIED. THE BRITISH CALLED OFF THE ATTACKS AND THE BIG STOP HAD BEEN MADE AFTER A STRING OF COLONIAL ARMY DEFEATS.
IT IS NOTWORTHY THAT IN THOSE DAYS IF YOU WERE WOUNDED YOU DIED. WOUNDS GOT INFECTED. YOU HAD TO BELIEVE IN FREEDOM ENOUGH TO GIVE YOUR LIFE FOR IT.
THIS WAS THE FIRST OF THOSE BATTLES THAT LEAD TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA THAT HAS BEEN THE HOPE OF THE WORLD AGAINST DICTATORS, ARROGANT KINGS AND ENSLAVERS OF MANKIND FOR 249 YEARS.
SUNDAY AT PURDY HOUSE RECREATORS RECOGNIZE THE SACRIFICES AND LEGACY OF THAT BATTLE—THE BATTLE OF WHITE PLAINS.
White Plains, NY. – October 24, 2024.
The Board of Trustees of the White Plains Library is pleased to announce the appointment of Laura Eckley as the new Director of the White Plains Library following the retirement of Brian Kenney.
Mr. Kenney led the library for the last thirteen years and was responsible, in partnership with the Board, the City of White Plains and the Library Foundation for the transition to digital media, the creation of The Edge (teen library), the transformation of the first floor, the art gallery and auditorium.
Ms. Eckley was recommended unanimously to the Trustees by a Committee comprised of members of the Board of Trustees, Library staff and community members that conducted a nation-wide search.
She will begin her role as the Library Director on this Monday October 28, 2024.
Ms. Eckley brings 25 years of experience, most recently as the Director of the Larchmont Public Library and previously as Library Director of the Bronxville Public Library where she also served as the Director of Children’s Services.
Ms. Eckley received her MLIS from the Palmer School of Library and Information Sciences at Long Island University and holds a certificate from the Harvard University Graduate School of Design on the future of library design.
Ms. Eckley has stated, “I’m honored to join the exceptional staff of the White Plains Public Library. I look forward to working with their dedicated Board of Trustees and continuing to build on the Library’s tradition of providing exceptional library service to the White Plains community.”
Elaine Summers, the President of the Library Board of Trustees said, “The Board is so excited to have attracted such an experienced and energetic new Director.”
Tom Roach, White Plains Mayor stated, “I appreciate the work done by the Library Board of Trustees in finding such an eminently qualified candidate. Having met her, I believe she is the right person at the right time to lead the library into the future.”
WPCNR THE LETTER TICKER OCTOBER 24, 2024: