Title
Battle Pass Historic Marker
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Primary Architect Last
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Foundry
Pitbladdo Monument Works (original); U.S. Bronze (replacement)
Date Created Approximation
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Date Dedicated
1929; 1991
Date Dedicated Approximation
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Artwork Type1
Plaque, boulder
Material
Bronze, natural boulder
Location Name
Prospect Park
Address
East Drive, north of entrance to Prospect Park Wildlife Center
Subject Keyword
American Revolutionary War, Colonial, War
Inscription
HISTORIC MARKER OF BATTLE PASS / AT THIS POINT THE OLD PORTE ROAD OR VALLEY GROVE ROAD / INTERSECTED THE LINE OF HILLS SEPARATING FLATBUSH FROM / BROOKLYN AND GOWANUS. IN THE BATTLE OF LONG ISLAND, AUGUST 27, 1776, THIS PASS WAS BARRICADED IN FRONT BY DONGAN OAK / AND OTHER OBSTRUCTIONS. IT WAS PROTECTED BY ARTILLERY ON / REDOUT HILL JUST TO THE EAST. HERE THE AMERICAN FORCES / STOOD THEIR GROUND AGAINST THE HESSIANS COMING FROM THE / SOUTH TILL FLANKED FROM THE RIVER BY A BODY OF BRITISH TROOPS. / GENERAL SULLIVAN WAS CAPTURED, BUT MOST OF HIS TROOPS / RETREATED ACROSS WHAT IS NOW THE LONG MEADOW, JOINING / THE MARYLAND AND OTHER TROOPS FOR THE FINAL RESISTANCE / NEAR THE OLD STONE HOUSE OF GOWANUS. /
Managing City Agency
Department of Parks and Recreation
Acquisition
Gift of Battle Pass Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution