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CHIEF NINHAM MEMORIAL FIELD

CHIEF NINHAM MEMORIAL FIELD
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Location: VAN CORTLANDT PARK

City: BRONX

State: New York

Zip Code: 10467

Type of Memorial: Veterans Memorial Fields

Access: Public

Wars Commemorated: REVOLUTIONARY WAR

THIS FIELD HONORS CHIEF ABRAHAM NINHAM AND THE 17 MOCHICAN INDIANS WHO DIED HERE DURING A MISSION TO AID THE AMERICANS IN THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR. THIS BATTLE WAS THE ONLY REVOLUTIONARY WAR BATTLE TO OCCUR ENTIRELY WITHIN THE BOUNDS OF TODAY’S VAN CORTLANDT PARK.


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