The Plaque reads; '1776 - 1909, HUDSON-FULTON CELEBRATION COMMISSION, ON THIS HILLTOP STOOD FORT TRYON, THE NORTHERN OUTWORK OF FORT WASHINGTON, ITS GALLANT DEFENSE AGAINST THE HESSIAN TROOPS BY THE MARYLAND AND VIRGINIA REGIMENT, 16 NOVEMBER 1776, WAS SHARED BY MARGARET CORBIN, THE FIRST AMERICAN WOMAN TO TAKE A SOLDIERS PART IN THE WAR FOR LIBERTY, ERECTED UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE AMERICAN SCENIC AND HISTORIC PRESERVATION SOCIETY THROUGH THE GENEROSITY OF C. K. G. BILLINGS.'
American Scenic and Historic Preservation Society
(late 19th early 20th Century)
originally called the Society for the Preservation of Scenic and Historic Places and Objects. It was founded in 1895 by Andrew Haswell Green (1820-1903), a New York City civic leader and conservationist. Active largely in New York State, with headquarters in New York City, the society's purpose was to protect scenic and historic sites. It acted as custodian for scenic areas and historic sites, acquiring them, maintaining them, and keeping them open to the public, free of charge. Sites included John Boyd Thacher Park, near Albany; Battle Island Park, between Fulton and Oswego; Stony Point Battlefield Reservation, on the Hudson; Fort Brewerton, on the Oswego River; Letchworth Park, on the Genesee River; Watkins Glen, near Seneca Lake; Philipse Manor Hall, Yonkers; Hamilton Grange, New York City and John William Draper Memorial Park, Hastings-on-Hudson. Some of these sites were eventually put into the care of the state or federal government. The society ceased existence in 1971.
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1) Uptown Manhattan Map [26]
