NY growth besieges Revolutionary veterans' graves

As the United States celebrates its Independence Day on the Fourth of July, residents of an upstate New York town say they are fighting to preserve a threatened legacy of America's founding: a huge hidden graveyard of Revolutionary War veterans that is encircled by modern developments. A grove in the historic town of Fishkill is believed to be the final resting place of hundreds of Revolutionary War soldiers posted there when it was the main supply source for Gen. George Washington's northern army. Preservationists, history buffs and civic leaders are trying save what could be the single largest-known burial site of soldiers who fought against the British for U.S. independence. From 1776 until 1783, the Fishkill Encampment and Supply Depot was a bustling military post. Several thousand Continental Army regulars and militiamen... [read full story]                    

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