Come learn how the Battle of Pell's Point/Pelham Saved Washington's Army & the Fight for American Independence
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2026, 10:00AM-1:00PM
SUNY Maritime College
Free! Everyone invited!
SPEAKERS:
Friederike Baer, Lloyd Ultan, Nick Dembowski
The entire Maritime College campus was the 'landing site' and camp for 4,000 British soldiers who disembarked from British boats in the East River - in October 1776, 250 years ago.
John Glover and his small group of 'volunteer merchant mariners' held off these British soldiers and allowed the American Army to escape to relative safety in Westchester.
Glover just happened to own a fleet of five fishing vessels in Massachusetts, and 'signed up' all five crews for the Continental Army as soon as the fighting broke out.
Ten weeks later (Christmas night) these same merchant mariners ferried George Washington and his entire Army across the Delaware River.
The Symposium will start with a 10:00 am presentation by Nick Dembowski, Executive Director of the Kingsbridge Historical Society and continue with a presentation by the former Bronx historian Lloyd Ultan. After lunch our third historian, Friederike Baer, who was recently featured in THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION by Ken Burns, will present. After the program ends at 1 pm there will be a casual tour of the campus, the actual site of the landing and encampment of 4000 British soldiers in October of 1776.
SUNY MARITIME COLLEGE
Mess Deck/Vander Clute Hall
Special Events Room
6 Pennyfield Avenue
The Bronx, NY 10465
FREE REGISTRATION: BRONXHISTORY.
This is the kick-off event for REVOLUTION ON THE SOUND...a month-long series of events in Sound Shore communities from Pelham Bay in The Bronx to Rye in Westchester. More events info at RW250.org/revolution-on-
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