Something weird on Mt Beacon

[tdc202 0]

Anyone in Southern Dutchess happen to see the large search lights at the top of Mt Beacon tonight? I didn't but heard from several people about them. Didn't hear anything on the scanner. Anyone else have any info?

[texastom791 31]

Maybe it was aliens lol..... no but seriously I don't know .

[tdc202 0]

That's what I thought but it's called Evacuation Day when the Britsh left the Hudson Valley after the Revolutionary war. I found the answer on pojo news.com.

[JetPhoto 626]

They had those lights @ Washington's house in Newburgh and several other areas that were used for the signal fires.

They had that set up at the old casino...the path to it is not in very good shape. I'm sure they had fun getting it their and back which is not an

[Guest]

They had those lights @ Washington's house in Newburgh and several other areas that were used for the signal fires.

They had that set up at the old casino...the path to it is not in very good shape. I'm sure they had fun getting it their and back which is not an

They probably took the back road up the top and then took it down from the top.... there is an access road on the other side of the mountain... goes past the reservoir and all the way up to the radio towers.

[ajsbear 11]

There were lights from Mt. Beacon to Princeton NJ in honor of Evacuation day 225 years ago when the british left NY.

[post4031 16]

So much for being in a budget crunch? I'm sure some part of government is paying for it.

[Stepjam 118]

So much for being in a budget crunch? I'm sure some part of government is paying for it.

Personally, I think it was money well spent if it gets people's attention and they learn something from it. How many people really knew that the British continued to garrison New York City and Savannah GA for two whole years AFTER Cornwallis's "decisive" defeat at Yorktown? Or that the British eventually defeated the French after they intervened on our behalf? It saddens me when I hear so many of my countrymen know so little about our own history. The spotlights were a great idea; they got people talking!

Edited November 26, 2008 by Stepjam

[post4031 16]

Personally, I think it was money well spent if it gets people's attention and they learn something from it. How many people really knew that the British continued to garrison New York City and Savannah GA for two whole years AFTER Cornwallis's "decisive" defeat at Yorktown? Or that the British eventually defeated the French after they intervened on our behalf? It saddens me when I hear so many of my countrymen know so little about our own history. The spotlights were a great idea; they got people talking!

It shouldn't take spotlights to get people to talk about our history.

[xfirefighter484x 234]

It shouldn't take spotlights to get people to talk about our history.

Unfortunately these days, it does.

Its sad when children from other countries know more about the history of the USA than most adults from the USA itself. A sad, unfortunate truth these days.

[post4031 16]

Unfortunately these days, it does.

Its sad when children from other countries know more about the history of the USA than most adults from the USA itself. A sad, unfortunate truth these days.

In that case I know two spotlights that get turned on every year to force people to remember a day in our history. We whould leave them on all the time and not just once a year!

[xfirefighter484x 234]

In that case I know two spotlights that get turned on every year to force people to remember a day in our history. We whould leave them on all the time and not just once a year!

Very true Chief. Unfortunately, all the political bureaucracy, and all the "powers that be" turn a blind eye to such reminders of their own history, and look forward to "healing the wounds" and pinching pennies.