The Townsends in the Revolution: Summer 2023 (A706)

Event Description

Oyster Bay was occupied by several British regiments over the course of the war, notably Col. John Graves Simcoe, headquartered at the Townsends’ home and commander of a regiment of over 350 soldiers called the Queen’s Rangers. Learn the newly-discovered true story of Liss, an enslaved teenage girl who left with Col. Simcoe in hopes of becoming free, but also perhaps to help spy on them for the Townsends. Meanwhile, working as a merchant in British-controlled Manhattan, the Townsends’ son Robert joined a daring group of covert agents, the Culper Spy Ring, helping George Washington to overcome the vastly superior British forces. Open to patrons 14 years or older