Fort Tryon Park
FORT TRYON PARK
THIS HISTORIC AREA AND ITS SVRROVNDINGS WERE DEVELOPED AND PRESENTED TO THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK IN 1935 BY JOHN D ROCKEFELLER JR THE ADJACENT HILLTOP AN OVTPOST OF FORT WASHINGTON WAS GALLANTLY DEFENDED IN NOVEMBER 1776 BY THE MARYLAND AND VIRGINIA REGIMENT AFTER ITS CAPTVRE IT WAS NAMED FORT TRYON IN HONOR OF THE LAST ENGLISH CIVIL GOVERNOR OF NEW YORK
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