250th Anniversary

Yorktown commemorates the Battle of Pines Bridge

Gunfire sounds to commemorate the Battle of Pines Bridge.

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Yorktown Town Supervisor Ed Lachterman delivers opening remarks.

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A new Revolutionary War monument commemoration stone is unveiled.

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Councilman Patt Murphy, Councilman Ilan Gilbert and his dog Tobin, Frank Garcia (standing in for Matt Slater), Town Supervisor Ed Lachterman, Deputy Supervisor Sergio Esposito, Westchester County Board of Legislators Chairman Vedat Gashi and County Executive Ken Jenkins.

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Robert Bucheri speaks about the Revolutionary War.

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Deputy Supervisor Sergio Esposito delivers brief remarks.

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The parade—led on May 2 by the Young Colonials Jr. Ancient Fife and Drum Corps—gets underway.

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The parade is led by the Young Colonials Jr. Ancient Fife and Drum Corps through Yorktown.

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Reenactors from the Living History Co. depicting Rhode Island Regiment soldiers march in formation down the road.

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Reenactors from the 5th NY Regiment depicting continental soldiers march down the road.

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Members of the Polly Cooper Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution march in the Yorktown parade celebrating the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution

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Members of the John Jay Society for the Children of the American Revolution and Boy Scout Troop 165 participate in the ceremony.

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Former Town Supervisor Michael Grace attends the ceremony with his grandchildren.

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Reenactors depicting British Loyalists march in step to the beat of the drums.

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Members of the Polly Cooper Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution march in the Yorktown parade celebrating the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution. Pictured, from left, are Barbara Napoli, Kathy Schreiber, Rosemarie Schmidt and Maria De Borba Silva.

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In celebration of the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution, Yorktown resident Rosemarie Schmidt, an officer of the Polly Cooper Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, speaks on behalf of the DAR at the dedication of a Revolutionary War Patriots marker in Railroad Park on May 2 commemorating the men and women who achieved American independence.

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Yorktown DAR member Rosemarie Schmidt, third from left, poses with other volunteers from the Polly Cooper Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution on May 2 after dedicating the Revolutionary War Patriots marker in Railroad Park, commemorating the men and women who achieved American independence.

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Living History Co. reenactors in front of the Pines Bridge Monument.

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Posted Sunday, May 3, 2026 10:22 pm

By Miranda Ferrante

Editor

Updated on Thursday, May 7 at 3:15 p.m.

A brief but deadly Revolutionary War clash returned to focus May 2 as the community marked the Battle of Pines Bridge, a defeat for Continental forces.

The skirmish is remembered for those who fell, many of them members of Col. Christopher Greene’s Rhode Island Regiment, a rare integrated unit that included formerly enslaved African Americans and Native Americans.

The remembrance honored the regiment’s stand against British forces on May 14, 1781, and its place in both Yorktown’s and the nation’s history. The commemorative event included a battle reenactment, tribute ceremonies, a monument dedication and a parade.