Long Island During the American Revolution: The Battle of Long Island and the British Occupation

Sunday, November 22nd- 1:30 p.m.

Speaker-Bill Bleyer

Join historian and author Bill Bleyer for this PowerPoint lecture detailing the largest battle of the American Revolution, a defeat that could have spelled the end of the Continental Army in 1776. This presentation will also focus on the subsequent British occupation and hardships it caused for Long Island residents until the end of the conflict in 1783. Long Island was the last place occupied by the British during the Revolution.

Fee: $10; $8 seniors. Members free. Check is to be payable to the Friends of Rock Hall. Space limited. Reservations required.