Lost British Forts of Long Island
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Author David M. Griffin uncovers the lost history and harrowing stories of Long Island's British forts.
When the Revolutionary War broke out and New York City had fallen in 1776, the forces of the king of Great Britain developed a network of forts along the length of Long Island to defend the New York area and create a front to Patriot forces across the Sound in Connecticut. Fort Franklin on Lloyd's Neck became a refugee camp for Loyalists and saw frequent rebel attacks. In Huntington, a sacred burial ground was desecrated, and Fort Golgotha was erected in its place, using tombstones as baking hearths. In Setauket along the northern shore, the Presbyterian church was commandeered and made the central fortified structure of the town.
David M Griffin
David M. Griffin is an independent researcher and author whose interest has been in studying colonial-era built works and histories of the Revolutionary War period in the New York City region. He is author of Lost British Forts of Long Island (The History Press, 2017) and coauthor with the Lamar Institute of The Struggle for Long Island: Expanding Revolutionary War Studies in New York (2019), an extensive report that recorded and analyzed three fortification battlefield sites on the north shore of Long Island. He is an active contributor and author for the online Journal of the American Revolution. He holds a professional degree in architecture from Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada.
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