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DeWint House

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The DeWint House, or De Wint House, at Tappan, New York is one of the oldest surviving structures in Rockland County, New York and is an outstanding example of Hudson Valley Colonial Dutch architecture. [1]

58 relations: American Revolution, Architecture, Architecture of the Netherlands, Artifact (archaeology), Benedict Arnold, Blauvelt House (New City, New York), British Army, Building restoration, Christmas, Commander-in-chief, Elegance, Espionage, Execution warrant, Fraunces Tavern, Freemasonry, General officer, George Washington, Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester, Hackensack, New Jersey, Hanging, Headquarters, Hospitality, House, Hudson River, John André, Kibibyte, Kitchen, Major, Meal, National Historic Landmark, National Register of Historic Places, Netherlands, New City, New York, New Jersey, New York (state), New York City, Parlour, Patriot (American Revolution), Property, Province of Quebec (1763–1791), Redoubt, Replica, Resignation, Restaurant, Rockland County, New York, Samuel Fraunces, Stony Point Battlefield, Stony Point, New York, Structure, Tappan, New York, ..., Tarrytown, New York, Tavern, Thanksgiving, The Old 76 House, Trial, United States Military Academy, West Indies, Winter storm. Expand index (8 more) »

American Revolution

The American Revolution was a colonial revolt that took place between 1765 and 1783.

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Architecture

Architecture is both the process and the product of planning, designing, and constructing buildings or any other structures.

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Architecture of the Netherlands

Dutch architecture has played an important role in the international discourse on architecture in three eras.

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Artifact (archaeology)

An artifact, or artefact (see American and British English spelling differences), is something made or given shape by humans, such as a tool or a work of art, especially an object of archaeological interest.

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Benedict Arnold

Benedict Arnold (Brandt (1994), p. 4June 14, 1801) was a general during the American Revolutionary War who fought heroically for the American Continental Army—then defected to the enemy in 1780.

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Blauvelt House (New City, New York)

The Blauvelt House (also known as Jacob Blauvelt Farmhouse) is a historic house and farm complex located at 20 Zukor Road in New City, Rockland County, New York.

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British Army

The British Army is the principal land warfare force of the United Kingdom, a part of British Armed Forces.

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Building restoration

Building restoration describes a particular treatment approach and philosophy within the field of architectural conservation.

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Christmas

Christmas is an annual festival commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ,Martindale, Cyril Charles.

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Commander-in-chief

A commander-in-chief, also sometimes called supreme commander, or chief commander, is the person or body that exercises supreme operational command and control of a nation's military forces.

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Elegance

Elegance is beauty that shows unusual effectiveness and simplicity.

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Espionage

Espionage or spying, is the act of obtaining secret or confidential information without the permission of the holder of the information.

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Execution warrant

An execution warrant (also called death warrant or black warrant) is a writ that authorizes the execution of a judgment of death (capital punishment) on an individual.

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Fraunces Tavern

Fraunces Tavern is a landmark museum and restaurant in New York City, situated at 54 Pearl Street at the corner of Broad Street.

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Freemasonry

Freemasonry or Masonry consists of fraternal organisations that trace their origins to the local fraternities of stonemasons, which from the end of the fourteenth century regulated the qualifications of stonemasons and their interaction with authorities and clients.

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General officer

A general officer is an officer of high rank in the army, and in some nations' air forces or marines.

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George Washington

George Washington (February 22, 1732 –, 1799), known as the "Father of His Country," was an American soldier and statesman who served from 1789 to 1797 as the first President of the United States.

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Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester

Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester, KB (3 September 1724 – 10 November 1808), known between 1776 and 1786 as Sir Guy Carleton, was an Anglo-Irish soldier and administrator.

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Hackensack, New Jersey

Hackensack is a city in Bergen County in New Jersey, United States, and serves as its county seat.

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Hanging

Hanging is the suspension of a person by a noose or ligature around the neck.

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Headquarters

Headquarters (commonly referred to as HQ or HD) is/are the locations where most, if not all, of the important functions of an organization are coordinated.

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Hospitality

Hospitality refers to the relationship between a guest and a host, wherein the host receives the guest with goodwill, including the reception and entertainment of guests, visitors, or strangers.

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House

A house is a building that functions as a home.

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Hudson River

The Hudson River is a river that flows from north to south primarily through eastern New York in the United States.

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John André

John André (2 May 1750 – 2 October 1780) was a British Army officer hanged as a spy by the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War for assisting Benedict Arnold's attempted surrender of the fort at West Point, New York to the British.

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Kibibyte

The kibibyte is a multiple of the unit byte for quantities of digital information.

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Kitchen

A kitchen is a room or part of a room used for cooking and food preparation in a dwelling or in a commercial establishment.

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Major

Major is a military rank of commissioned officer status, with corresponding ranks existing in many military forces throughout the world.

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Meal

A meal is an eating occasion that takes place at a certain time and includes prepared food.

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National Historic Landmark

A National Historic Landmark (NHL) is a building, district, object, site, or structure that is officially recognized by the United States government for its outstanding historical significance.

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National Register of Historic Places

The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance.

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Netherlands

The Netherlands (Nederland), often referred to as Holland, is a country located mostly in Western Europe with a population of seventeen million.

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New City, New York

New City is a hamlet and census-designated place in the town of Clarkstown, Rockland County, New York, United States, part of the New York Metropolitan Area.

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New Jersey

New Jersey is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the Northeastern United States.

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New York (state)

New York is a state in the northeastern United States.

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New York City

The City of New York, often called New York City (NYC) or simply New York, is the most populous city in the United States.

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Parlour

Parlour (or parlor) is a term used for a variety of different reception rooms and public spaces in different historical periods.

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Patriot (American Revolution)

Patriots (also known as Revolutionaries, Continentals, Rebels, or American Whigs) were those colonists of the Thirteen Colonies who rejected British rule during the American Revolution and declared the United States of America as an independent nation in July 1776.

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Property

Property, in the abstract, is what belongs to or with something, whether as an attribute or as a component of said thing.

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Province of Quebec (1763–1791)

The Province of Quebec was a colony in North America created by Great Britain after the Seven Years' War.

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Redoubt

A redoubt (historically redout) is a fort or fort system usually consisting of an enclosed defensive emplacement outside a larger fort, usually relying on earthworks, although some are constructed of stone or brick.

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Replica

A replica is an exact reproduction, such as of a painting, as it was executed by the original artist or a copy or reproduction, especially one on a scale smaller than the original.

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Resignation

A resignation is the formal act of giving up or quitting one's office or position.

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Restaurant

A restaurant, or an eatery, is a business which prepares and serves food and drinks to customers in exchange for money.

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Rockland County, New York

Rockland County is the southernmost county on the west side of the Hudson River in the U.S. state of New York, part of the New York–Newark–Jersey City, NY–NJ–PA Metropolitan Statistical Area.

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Samuel Fraunces

Samuel Fraunces (1722/23 – October 10, 1795) was an American restaurateur and the owner/operator of Fraunces Tavern in New York City.

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Stony Point Battlefield

Stony Point Battlefield is the location of the 1779 Battle of Stony Point during the American Revolutionary War.

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Stony Point, New York

Stony Point is a triangle-shaped town in Rockland County, New York, United States.

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Structure

Structure is an arrangement and organization of interrelated elements in a material object or system, or the object or system so organized.

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Tappan, New York

Tappan (pronounced tuh-PAN), Indian word meaning "tuphanne"—translation, "cold water"—is a hamlet and census-designated place in the town of Orangetown, Rockland County, New York, United States.

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Tarrytown, New York

Tarrytown is a village in the town of Greenburgh in Westchester County, New York, United States.

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Tavern

A tavern is a place of business where people gather to drink alcoholic beverages and be served food, and in most cases, where travelers receive lodging.

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Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving Day is a national holiday celebrated in Canada, the United States, some of the Caribbean islands, and Liberia.

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The Old 76 House

The "Old '76 House", also known as the 76 House, in Tappan, New York, is a Dutch-style house built in 1754 by Casparus Mabie, a merchant and tavern-keeper.

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Trial

In law, a trial is a coming together of parties to a dispute, to present information (in the form of evidence) in a tribunal, a formal setting with the authority to adjudicate claims or disputes.

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United States Military Academy

The United States Military Academy (USMA), also known as West Point, Army, Army West Point, The Academy or simply The Point, is a four-year coeducational federal service academy located in West Point, New York, in Orange County.

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West Indies

The West Indies or the Caribbean Basin is a region of the North Atlantic Ocean in the Caribbean that includes the island countries and surrounding waters of three major archipelagoes: the Greater Antilles, the Lesser Antilles and the Lucayan Archipelago.

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Winter storm

A winter storm is an event in which varieties of precipitation are formed that only occur at low temperatures, such as snow or sleet, or a rainstorm where ground temperatures are low enough to allow ice to form (i.e. freezing rain).

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeWint_House

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