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Legends & Lore®
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Folklore
- 226 Neversink Drive, Huguenot, NY
- 41.382668, -74.647636
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Town of Deerpark
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PAINTED APRONSBLACK ROCK SCHOOL ATTACKED
BY BRANT'S RAIDERS, 1779.
GIRLS SPARED AS APRONS
MARKED WITH EMBLEM SIGNALING
RAIDERS NOT TO HARM THEM.
NEW YORK FOLKLORE SOCIETY
WILLIAM G. POMEROY FOUNDATION 2015
It’s said that in July of 1779, during the Revolutionary War, Joseph Brant and his raiders swept through the Neversink Valley. They arrived at the Black Rock Schoolhouse, killing the teacher, but spared students who wore symbols on their aprons which signaled not to harm them.
