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Untitled (2)when he was 37 in 17 5, the French and Indian Will broke out and he was appointed to the command of it company among the first troops to be levied in Connecticut. Ht' joined the Army at it plack. near Cruwn Point in this state and soon made the acquaintance of another rugged adventurer, Copt. (lat(r Major) Robert Rogers, With Rogers and by himself, Put- nam engaged in it series of hair- I'll u,yatty... We are told he indignantly spurned III(, offer and redoubled his efforts in behalf of his countrymen. He was too late for Lexington and ('oncor-d, but he plunged almost inurrediate]y into battle at Bunker Ifill ,June 17, 1775. Alter Bunker Hill, where he was it hero in it }using cause, he was named it major general by the Continental forces, and soon was put in command of forces in New York City. Mesier Home Tied To Revolution WAPPINGERS PALLS — <)nc of the oldest buildings in Inc Town of Wappinger, the Brcwcr- Mesier Home>tcad in Wappingers halls, has a link with the American Revolution, the tie was the so-called Wap- pinfers I'alls Ica part yof 1777. "'he house was built originally byNicholas Brewer who in 1738 came to the area with his brother, Adolphus. The two men bought more than 600 acres of land on which the Village of Wappingers Falls now stands. Adolphus was engaged in the milling business and had what was known as the 'Yellow Mill" on the Wappingers Creek. After the death of Adolphus. Nicholas took over the milling business and built the douse now known as the Bre wer-Mes ler Homestead. (It now, houses the police station and some vitlage offices. ) Nicholas sold the house to Peter Mesier who came to the village ft-om New York City. He was it Tory and life in New York City was not the best for a Tory at that time. His holdings in the city had been taken and he came to the village to lead it peaceful life in the country. This was not to be the case, Then as n ow the women of the country were complaining about high price; and in 177"r' raided the home.'1'hcy broke into his house, struck Mesier and raided his wine cellar. This was the Wap- pingers Falls Tea Party. The Mesiers became a well knwon family in Wappingers and in 1891 the last of the family left the home and sold the property to the Village of Wappingers Falls for a park to be forever known as Mesier park. In connection with the centennial of the Town of Wappinger this year and the bicentennial of the Revolution, the Wappingers Historical Society is selling tiles picturing the Mesier Homestead, The money derived from the project will be used to retore the rooms on the second floor of the homestead. The aim of the society is to retore the rooms and ripen them as a local history museum for the community, SO that the history of the area ma,y not be lost. The tiles may be ordered through !'o�n Historian Virginia hems or- by writing the Wappingers HisLori cuI SoCie(y, Y.O. Box 179, Wappingers PaILs. `BEET WAII� Aj ms In times of celebration and in times of trouble, the people of colonial Rhinebeck gathered in and around Trophagen's Tavern — which is now called the Beekman Arms I1 was here, on what is now our front lawn, that men gathered with their mus- kets in the summer of 1775 to drill and prepare for the invasion of Canada or- dered by the Continental Congress. Their fellow. townsman, Richard Montgo- mery, had been appointed Brigadier General by Washington and he now became their leader. He had been a Major in the British Army, but in 1772 he resigned {kis commission and came to Rhinebeck where he married Janet Living- ston. They had just started to build their house, Grasmere, when the war began Montgomery marched his troops up the Hudson, up along Lake Champlain and the Richelieu River, captured St John's, Chambly and Montreal. Then, in the as- sault on Quebec against the British he had once helped take from the French, Montgomery was killed — the first Amer- ican General to die in the War for Inde- pendence. This is the first of a series of historical notes about Beekman Arms, America's Oldest Hotel, where history and hospitak ity welcome every visitor h�biniebc ,Wew`York We proudly offer this unique Bicentennial chair contain medallion of solid bronze — art created expressly for the maker — S. Bent & Bros. Crafted of Northern Hard Ma] beautiful chair is the ultimat available in both black and p chair is one of a limited edits ally numbered and registered owner — starting a history loom. RT. 82, MOORES MILLS, N.Y. 2 , Miles North of RL 55 Tel. 677-9930 G� U y t Y � k s 3 k y E s r We proudly offer this unique Bicentennial chair contain medallion of solid bronze — art created expressly for the maker — S. Bent & Bros. Crafted of Northern Hard Ma] beautiful chair is the ultimat available in both black and p chair is one of a limited edits ally numbered and registered owner — starting a history loom. RT. 82, MOORES MILLS, N.Y. 2 , Miles North of RL 55 Tel. 677-9930 G� U