WPCNR Battle Hill Continental. October 23, 2006: An autumn celebration held to unveil a new sign marking the Battle of White Plains was held at Battle Hill's Whitney Park Sunday afternoon. Neighbors, politicians and White Plainsians gathered to recornize the upcoming 230th anniversary of the beginning of the Battle of White Plains which lasted from October 28-30th, 1776, and is recognized as a stalemate. Battle Hill and Chatterton Hill were redoubts for the colonist Continental Forces which repulsed the British troops attacking up the two hills from the "White" Plains below.
The White Plains Historical Society continues Battle of White Plains recognition this coming weekend when they open the Jacob Purdy House, George Washington's Headquarters during the Battle, now located at Park Circle in White Plains will be open to the public next Sunday from 1 to 3 P.M.
