The mission of Friends is to be a support to the museum, to aid in fund raising for exhibits and displays, as well as assisting in drawing attention to the museum through programs, lectures and events. As the board of trustees, we are the elected board which helps direct the membership to facilitate the support mission of the non profit group.
This flag carried by the 73rd New York Volunteers, or “Fourth Excelsior,” includes 34 gold-painted stars in a pattern
typically found on national colors from the Schuylkill Arsenal in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Organized July-October
1861 in New York City’s Bowery neighborhood, the regiment included recruits from among the city’s volunteer
firemen to earn the moniker, “Second Fire Zouaves,” in deference to Colonel Elmer Ellsworth’s original “Fire
Zouaves” regiment formed in April 1861. Mustered out on June 29, 1865, the regiment deposited this flag with state
authorities in August 1865. (2008.0189).
The New York Light Infantry under the command of Colonel Alexander Hamilton captured this British six pound smoothbore cannon at the siege of Yorktown, Virginia in October 1781. Though hostilities did not end until 1783, the British defeat at Yorktown effectively ended the Revolutionary War.
Inscription reads:
SURRENDERED
BY THE
CAPITULATION
OF YORKTOWN
OCT. 19, 1781
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