The Old Stone House – The Maryland 400

New York · United States · Historisk byggnad · Scare 3/5

Here the Maryland 400 threw themselves into suicidal charge after charge to save Washington's army in 1776 – the fallen lie in unmarked ground, and soldiers appear in the dawn mist.

The Dutch stone farmhouse of 1699 in today's Park Slope became, on August 27, 1776, the pivot of the Battle of Brooklyn, the largest engagement of the Revolutionary War. To save Washington's retreating army, some 400 men of the Maryland regiment hurled themselves in repeated counterattacks against the house, where British cannon had formed up. Over 250 fell; Washington reportedly cried "what brave fellows I must this day lose". The dead were hastily buried in mass graves somewhere in the marshy ground nearby – graves never conclusively found despite excavations. Around the reconstructed house, now a museum inside a playground, people tell of figures in Continental Army coats glimpsed in the dawn mist, drum rolls with no drummer, and neighbors woken by musket volleys from an empty park. The Maryland 400, they say, still hold the line.

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The Old Stone House – The Maryland 400 has a scare factor of 3/5 according to Haunted Places’ verified ratings.

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The Old Stone House – The Maryland 400 is in New York, United States.