African Cemetery |
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Accessed through Greenwood Union Cemetery, North Street,
Rye
10580
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Ella Fitzgerald Statue |
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At Yonkers Metro North Railroad Station Plaza,
Yonkers
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| Dubbed "The First Lady of Song," Ella Fitzgerald was the more popular female jazz singer in the United States for more than half a century
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Foster Memorial AME Zion Church |
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90 Wildey Street,
Tarrytown
10591
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| 914-631-2002 |
| Amanda and Henry Foster, Rev Jacob Jimmerson founded Foster Memorial African Methodis Episcopal (AME) Zion Church in Tarrytown in 1860
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Jack Peterson Memorial |
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Croton Point Park,
Croton-on-Hudson
10520
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| 914-862-5290 |
This monument was erected to acknowledge the brave stand taken by militiamen during the American Revolutionary War to thwart the British forces on the Hudson River
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Jay Heritage Center |
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210 Boston Post Road,
Rye
10580
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| 914-698-9275 |
| The Jay Heritage Center occupies the site of the childhood home of founding father John Jay
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John Jay Homestead State Historic Site |
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Route 22,
Katonah
10536
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| 914-232-5651 |
| After growing up in the Westchester community of Rye, John Jay established a homestead for himself and his family in the northern Westchester community of Bedford
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Monument to First Rhode Island Regiment |
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2880 Crompond Road,
Yorktown Heights
10598
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| 914-245-2186 |
| Erected in 1982 as a result of the pioneering research and activism of Mr John H Harmon, this monument is dedicated to the valiant and courageous soldiers of the First Rhode Island Regiment
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Philipsburg Manor, Upper Mills |
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Route 9,
Sleepy Hollow
10591
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| 914-631-3992 |
| Philipsburg Manor, a property of Historic Hudson Valley, is a nationally significant late 17th- and early 18th-century milling and trading complex that was part of a vast 52,000-acre estate owned by the Anglo-Dutch Philipse family
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Philipse Manor Hall |
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Warburton Avenue and Dock Street,
Yonkers
10701
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| 914-965-4027 |
| Philipse Manor Hall, a National Historic Landmark listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1966, was a major component of the original Philipsburg Manor and served as its Lower Mill complex
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St Paul's Church National Historic Site |
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897 South Columbus Avenue,
Mount Vernon
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| 914-667-4116 |
| St Paul's Church, completed in 1787, was located on the colonial town green of Eastchester
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Stony Hill Cemetery |
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Buckout Road,
Harrison
10528
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| Post-Revolutionary War emancipated (feed) slaves settled in the rough and stony hills where Harrison, New Castle and White Plains meet near Silver Lake
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The Fern Tree |
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13 South Division Street,
Peekskill
10566
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| African art and artifacts, oils, incenses, clothing and more Lectures and tours of local Underground Railroad sites begin at the shop
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The Friends Meeting House |
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420 Quaker Road,
Chappaqua
10514
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| 914-238-3170 |
| The Chappaqua Friends Meeting Hous, circa 1753, is the oldest Quaker meeting house standing in Westchester County
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Villa Lewaro |
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Route 9,
Irvington
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| Madam CJ Walker, born Sarah Breedlove, was the daughter of enslaved parents
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