Site of Fort Slongo

06/13/2023

Picture of Fresh Pond, about the time Ed Senne purchased the land including the Site of Fort Slongo.

12/15/2021

I was able to find a copy, and just finished it, it's well-researched and very interesting, does a good job separating what is known from all the legends and speculations about the Culper Spy Ring on Long Island.

George Washington’s Long Island Spy Ring: A History and Tour Guide by Bill Bleyer (Charleston, SC: The History Press, 2021) Whoever gets their hands...

10/17/2021

Here's a link to the Lamar Institute Report following their surveys of British Forts on Long Island:

10/06/2021

160 years ago today, Samuel Smith passed away. Samuel was a boy of 10 years when the Battle was fought, and since he's buried in a family cematary nearby, it's likely his family owned a farm there, and he was living in the neighborhood when the Fort was built and the battle was fought. I've always wondered what stories he told his children and grandchildren about that time.

10/04/2021

Today, October 3rd, is the anniversary of the Battle of Fort Slongo. Imagine what the British troops, and the American patriots were experiencing as the event unfolded.

07/10/2021

Happy Summer! We're hoping the Lamar Institute report of their archeological survey of the site will be completed soon!

03/05/2021

Spring is just around the corner!

09/23/2020

Autumn has arrived, and October 3 is just around the corner. Are there any plans for a re-enactment of the Battle of Fort Slongo this year?

04/29/2020

Spring has Sprung!

12/09/2019

It's the most wonderful time of the year! Felicitations of the Season!

10/03/2019

Samuel Smith was born on this day in 1771, and is buried in a small family cemetery a few hundred meters north of the site of Fort Slongo. He died in 1861, aged 90. The cemetery was probably located on his family's farm, he would have been a boy of about 10 years old when the Battle of Fort Slongo took place, probably asleep at the time, but would have seen the Fort and its ruins after the event. He was probably a grandson, or great-grandson of the founder of Smithtown, Richard Smythe.

08/14/2019

Summer 2019 has a little more than a month to go!