Growing up in Smithtown, I’ve noticed these markers around but never really paid them
Much attention until recently. Upon researching it, I discovered that the program that initially placed them throughout New York’s 62 counties stopped doing so in 1966! Upon further reading only 4 were ever placed in Kings County (Brooklyn), of which just 2 are left standing today. When I read one was still around near where I live I had to take a ride over to check it out! I’ll definitely be posting more about these as I find them.
This one notes Gravesend Cemetery and Lady Moody who founded the town of Gravesend, the only woman to found a town in colonial America! Neat piece of New York State History!
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