Knowlton’s Rangers was a reconnaissance and espionage detachment of the Continental Army established by George Washington during the Battle of Harlem Heights on 125th Street in Harlem.
The Battle of Harlem Heights was fought during the New York and New Jersey campaign of the American Revolutionary War.
Thomas W. Knowlton, November 22, 1740 – September 16, 1776, considered America’s first Intelligence professional and was killed in the Battle of Harlem Heights, during the Revolutionary War on 117th Street and Riverside Drive, Harlem, NY, 1776.
The Battle of Harlem Heights was fought during the New York and New Jersey campaign of the American Revolutionary War. The action took place in what is now the Morningside Heights and east into the future Harlem neighborhoods of northwestern Manhattan Island in New York Town on September 16, 1776.
A painting of Alexander Hamilton during the American Revolutionary War, at the Battle of Harlem Heights in New York on September 16, 1776.
Of course, Harlem, NY has some of the most beautiful green spaces and parks that are great places to see flowers.
Royal Harlem resident Lord Viscount Courtenay (aka William “Kitty” Courtenay), 9th Earl of Devon, c. 1768 – 26 May 1835.
Roger Morris, 28 January 1727 – 13 September 1794, was a colonel in the British Army who fought in the French and Indian War and made uptown his home.
Representatives Adriano Espaillat, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Lou Correa, Jesús “Chuy” García, Dina Titus, Mondaire Jones, Tony Cárdenas.
In the July 1868 issue of The Atlantic Monthly, a poet named Charles Dawson Shanly, 1811-1875 wrote an article about traveling the road along the Hudson River, in which he described the upper Manhattan countryside.
After supporting thousands of NYC-based artists and helping to reconnect New Yorkers with their communities through the power of the arts.
Harlem resident Stan Lee, born Stanley Martin Lieber, December 28, 1922 – November 12, 2018, was a comic book writer, editor, publisher, and producer.
Today, Harlem Representatives Adriano Espaillat and Dwight Evans reintroduced the No Funding for Confederate Symbols Act.
As the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture continues to expand its services, they encourage you to drop by for a visit to make use of their collections, view their exhibitions, and explore the Schomburg Shop.
Today, Representative Adriano Espaillat joined FWD.us, New York community leaders, and directly impacted individuals during a roundtable discussion to mark the culmination of Immigrant Heritage Month.