This Cannon “Independence”
1776 – 1908
This cannon “Independence”
used at the Battle of Long Island,
Aug. 27th, 1776,
was purchased by the Union Hill
Association in 1851 and presented
by the only surviving member,
Chas. E. Suffern, to the Village of
Suffern on April 23rd, 1908.
Marker is at the intersection of Lafayette Avenue and Washington Avenue, in the median on Lafayette Avenue.
Courtesy hmdb.org
