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Tappan Zee Bridge "A symbolic span over which Westchester and Rockland Counties will move virtually overnight, twenty years into the future" When Governor Thomas F. Dewey made this pronouncement in December of 1955, it does not seem as though even he knew how true his words would be. It took till 1989 and "Field of Dreams" to coin the phrase "If you build it they will come", but someone could have very well made the same observation during the 1950s in reference to Rockland County New York.

That night, Andre stayed with a Loyalist attorney named Joshua Smith. While not permitted to wear civilian attire, he got clothes and road horseback with Smith towards Tarrytown, New York near British lines. Smith left Andre towards the end of the trip and when Andre was close to his destination three men stopped him. These men questioned Andre and instead of showing his pass that he was John Anderson, Andre trusted the men and revealed who he really was. The men, who Andre thought were Loyalists

Most espionage cases involve two things: a foreign connection and an insider threat. Many factors lead to a trusted individual having no alternative than betraying his or her own country. John Andre was the foreign connection in this instance, and Benedict Arnold being the insider threat that had no alternative but to commit treason and become the United States most famous traitor. Benedict Arnold had a laundry list of indicators that made him an attractive target to the likes of the British. Arnold

and the Universalist Church Benjamin Tappan, Jr., an attorney from Connecticut, was the first person to settle in Western Reserve’s Township 3, Range 8, now known as Ravenna, Ohio. His father owned more than 10,000 acres in the southern two thirds of the township. Tappan Jr. moved there in June 1799, traveling part of the way with David Hudson, who was on his way to settle the nearby township bearing his name. With his father’s power of attorney, Tappan Jr. divided the land into 66 lots of about

Lydia Darragh was a brave Quaker Housewife living on Second Street when the British occupied Philadelphia on September 26th, 1777. Many major wars were taking place, and they were known as the American Revolution when referred to as one. She supported the war effort and was read out of her meetings because of that support. There is no concrete proof of Darragh’s stories, but a family member brought her memorable actions to life. That member was Darragh’s daughter, Ann, who recounted the story years

The Anti-Slavery Movement began to take shape in 1833. William Lloyd Garrison, Arthur and Lewis Tappan, and other members gathered in Philadelphia and formed the American Anti-Slavery Society. The group was created to provide perspective into slavery. Through the use of almanacs containing poems, drawings, essays, and other material, the Anti-Slavery Society was able to illustrate the horrors slavery. Through the distribution of these almanacs, people were shown the types of struggles and horrors

Introduction During the last week of January, 1Daimond. LLC was contacted by Ardent Global Marine Services in Houston. They have a request to remove some pylons and fenders from the Historic Tappan Zee bridge in New York. We hosted a lunch and learn with Andrew Barren the Project Manager shortly after the call. During the meeting we discovered that the bridge footer is comprised of a tank with nearly 40 36” concrete filled pylons driven into the river bed. We proposed a solution that we derived for

Amistad. Senator John Calhoun felt “that if the Amistad captives are freed the South might have to begin the Civil War 20 years early.” The government decided to appeal the case. By September 1839, Lewis Tappan, a courageous abolitionist, formed the Friend of Amistad Africans Committee. Tappan, a big supporter of the Africans of the Amistad, helped the Africans receive education and housing, he also was a part of raising money to sponsor their return to

segregation, Frederick Douglass was the true embodiment of the abolitionist movement. Of course, there were other important abolitionists as well such as John Quincy Adams and Arthur Tappan. Despite their importance, John Quincy Adams had only fought for the abolitionist movement late into his life, and Arthur Tappan had donated large amounts of money while also writing some Abolitionist articles. Yet neither of them were able to get the public’s support like Frederick Douglass had, making him the

After abolitionists said that they could not understand about the slave system, Weld himself actively lead a field investigation to fulfill their curiosity. Then in1833 with Arthur Tappan and Lewis Tappan they organized a American Anti-Slavery Society and led the abolitionists to ban the slavery from the front. In addition, many slaves did escape, subway that slavery abolitionists made provided convenience and hopes toward a slaves escaping