Highlands Historic Preservation

10/16/2026

Continuing Our Recognition of Local Patriots for the "250 Plus 10" Celebration of Our Independence
Isaac Merrick (1740-1812) served as a Private in the 7th Regiment of the Dutchess County Militia, under Col. Henry Ludington. His farm was located at the southern end of Lake Gleneida, then known as "Shaw's Pond". He is interred in the Gilead Cemetery in Carmel.

10/09/2026

Continuing Our Recognition of Local Patriots for the "250 Plus 10" Celebration of Our Independence
Col. Caleb Hazen (1749-1806) served as a Private in the 7th Regiment of the Dutchess County Militia, later rising to the rank of Colonel. He owned a farm on what became known as "Hazen Hill" in Carmel. He is interred in the Gilead Cemetery in Carmel.

10/06/2026

The FOFSD organization has done some tremendous work in protecting our patriots who gave their lives for our freedom!

(Washington, D.C.) — Historic battlefields across the United States support more than 15,000 jobs and $1.5 billion in visitor spending each year,...

10/02/2026

Continuing Our Recognition of Local Patriots for the "250 Plus 10" Celebration of Our Independence
Amos Kniffin (1757-1842) served as a Private in the 7th Regiment of the Dutchess County Militia, under Col. Henry Ludington. He is interred in the Gilead Cemetery in Carmel.

09/25/2026

Continuing Our Recognition of Local Patriots for the "250 Plus 10" Celebration of Our Independence
Seth Foster (1761-1837) served as a Private in the 3rd Regiment of the Dutchess County Militia, serving under Col. John Field. His farm was located at the corner of what is now Hill and Dale Road and Fair Street, which he purchased from Frederick Philipse around 1801. He was the son of the patriot James Foster, and the father of Tilly Foster, and is interred in the Gilead Cemetery in Carmel.

09/18/2026

Continuing Our Recognition of Local Patriots for the "250 Plus 10" Celebration of Our Independence
William Drew (1755-1837), the son of patriot Gilbert Drew and older brother of the infamous Daniel Drew, served as a Private in the 7th Regiment of the Dutchess County Militia, under Col. Henry Ludington. The Drew farm was located on "Pond Hill Road" in Kent, now known as Nichols Street. The current historical marker is located near the reservoir, rather than where the farm was actually located. William Drew is interred in the Gilead Cemetery in Carmel.

09/12/2026

What a great day in the history of the Town of Kent NY, as the community came together to celebrate the greatest hero of the Revolution in the Hudson Valley, Wappinger Chief Daniel Nimham! Special thanks to NY State Senator Pete Harckham, Kent Town Councilmember Anne Campbell, Penny Osborn Tarbox, the late Gil Tarbox, and Bill Volckman, the president of the Kent Conservation Foundation! And, of course, the amazing award winning sculptor, Michael Keropian!

09/11/2026

Continuing Our Recognition of Local Patriots for the "250 Plus 10" Celebration of Our Independence
Isaac Pearce (1757-1835) served as a Private in the 7th Regiment of the Dutchess County Militia, under Col. Henry Ludington. He is interred in the Gilead Cemetery in Carmel.

09/04/2026

Continuing Our Recognition of Local Patriots for the "250 Plus 10" Celebration of Our Independence
Elijah Fuller (ca. 1744-1821) served as a Lieutenant in the 7th Regiment of the Dutchess County Militia, serving under Col. Henry Ludington. He is interred in the Old Baptist/Revolutionary Burial Ground in Carmel.

08/30/2026

Continuing Our Recognition of Local Patriots for the "250 Plus 10" Celebration of Our Independence

SPECIAL EDITION!

On August 31st, 2026, we remember and honor the 248th anniversary of the ultimate sacrifice made by our local hero, Chief Daniel Nimham of the Wiccopee, and his band of brothers, at the Battle of Kingsbridge in the Bronx on August 31, 1778. On this fateful day, these heroes sacrificed their lives for our freedom, despite having their ancestral homelands taken from them. While battling the British Grenadiers, led by the hated Banastre Tarleton, Chief Nimham and his brothers were abandoned in the field by the Colonial regulars, left to battle against impossible odds. The great chief supposedly uttered, "I am an old tree, I will die here" as he fell to his death.
We resolve to honor them as we celebrate the freedoms their sacrifice made possible.