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The Battle of Long Island, known since the late twentieth century as the Battle of
Brooklyn, was the largest engagement of the American Revolution, in which nearly
twenty-thousand British troops, including Scottish and Hessian auxiliaries,
supported by an armada of thirty warships, took to the field against nine thousand
Americans. Brooklyn in 1776 was the name of a township and a village in Kings
County. The modern name for the battle specifies its location on western Long
Island while conveying that the battle unfolded across the entire area of the
modern borough of Brooklyn.
Strictly speaking, the Battle of Brooklyn was also the first battle in U.S. history,
because it occurred just eight weeks after the Continental Congress had issued the
Declaration of Independence, on 4 July
The GSSB meets in the Melbourne Library, 540 E Fee Avenue. The meeting starts
at 9:30 with a short business meeting, and the program starts at 10:00AM. Coffee
and refreshments are provided. Please visit our web site at gssb.net for more
information.
Brooklyn, was the largest engagement of the American Revolution, in which nearly
twenty-thousand British troops, including Scottish and Hessian auxiliaries,
supported by an armada of thirty warships, took to the field against nine thousand
Americans. Brooklyn in 1776 was the name of a township and a village in Kings
County. The modern name for the battle specifies its location on western Long
Island while conveying that the battle unfolded across the entire area of the
modern borough of Brooklyn.
Strictly speaking, the Battle of Brooklyn was also the first battle in U.S. history,
because it occurred just eight weeks after the Continental Congress had issued the
Declaration of Independence, on 4 July
The GSSB meets in the Melbourne Library, 540 E Fee Avenue. The meeting starts
at 9:30 with a short business meeting, and the program starts at 10:00AM. Coffee
and refreshments are provided. Please visit our web site at gssb.net for more
information.
The Genealogical Society of
South Brevard will be
hosting a talk on February
8th by Ben DuBose as he
discusses the Battle of Long
Island. Mr. DuBose is a
student of American History
and also gives talks on Teddy
Roosevelt and Capt. John
Barry and the last Naval
Battle of the American
Revolution which occurred
off of Cape Canaveral. He is
the Secretary of The
Brevard Chapter, Florida
Society, Sons of the
American Revolution.
South Brevard will be
hosting a talk on February
8th by Ben DuBose as he
discusses the Battle of Long
Island. Mr. DuBose is a
student of American History
and also gives talks on Teddy
Roosevelt and Capt. John
Barry and the last Naval
Battle of the American
Revolution which occurred
off of Cape Canaveral. He is
the Secretary of The
Brevard Chapter, Florida
Society, Sons of the
American Revolution.
