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Church on a Green

- little ukraine - Friday, November 16th, 2007 : goo

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A trip to the end of the 5 line, Eastchester-Dyre Avenue and a 10-minute walk across the border into Mt. Vernon brings you to historic St. Paul's Church.

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"Upon this verdant hillock lie inter'd" many important citizens from Eastchester's early years. The earliest gravestone dates to 1704.

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At a not-yet-completed St. Paul's Church, Hessian soldiers hired to aid the British troops during the Revolutionary War set up a temporary hospital. They dismantled the original wooden church, which stood just across the green, to use for firewood.
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Oh, and here's a pretty beat-up coffee shop.
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jack: 17th Nov 2007 - 20:51 GMT

very nice pic'e i like the tombstone that looks like a tree trunk.

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