Dead Air Valley: "Kingston Burned"

On October 16, 1777, British troops under General John Vaughan burned more than 300 buildings in Kingston, New York, then the newly established capital of New York State, in a matter of hours. Today is the 249th anniversary. Silas Van Wyck tells the story straight: the capital that lasted months, the militia away at Saratoga, the stone buildings of the Stockade District that survived, the rebuilding, and the four day Burning of Kingston Commemoration, October 15 to 18, with reenactments, walking tours, the Capital to Capital 5K from Kingston to Hurley, and tonight's Black Patriots program at the Old Dutch Church, 272 Wall Street. Full schedule at burningofkingston.com. Source: Silas Van Wyck, "Kingston Burned," rftuv.ai.