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The Red Lion Inn was a tavern in Colonial New York located on Long Island in what is today the New York City borough of Brooklyn.[1]

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  1. 31 relations: Battle of Agincourt, Battle of Long Island, Boroughs of New York City, Brooklyn, Brooklyn Heights, Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis, Continental Army, Edward Burd, Flatbush, Fourth Avenue (Brooklyn), French and Indian War, Gowanus Canal, Heights of Guan, Henry V of England, Hessian (soldier), Israel Putnam, James Grant (British Army officer, born 1720), John Sullivan (general), Leopold Philip de Heister, Long Island, Mordecai Gist, Musket, Old Stone House (Brooklyn), Province of New York, Samuel Holden Parsons, Samuel John Atlee, Skirmisher, Watermelon, William Alexander, Lord Stirling, William Smallwood, 1st Maryland Regiment.

  2. 1776 in New York (state)
  3. Buildings and structures in Brooklyn
  4. History of Brooklyn
  5. Taverns in the American Revolution

Battle of Agincourt

The Battle of Agincourt (Azincourt) was an English victory in the Hundred Years' War.

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Battle of Long Island

The Battle of Long Island, also known as the Battle of Brooklyn and the Battle of Brooklyn Heights, was an action of the American Revolutionary War fought on August 27, 1776, at and near the western edge of Long Island in present-day Brooklyn. Red Lion Inn (Brooklyn) and Battle of Long Island are 1776 in New York (state).

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Boroughs of New York City

The boroughs of New York City are the five major governmental districts that compose New York City.

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Brooklyn

Brooklyn is a borough of New York City.

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Brooklyn Heights

Brooklyn Heights is a residential neighborhood within the New York City borough of Brooklyn.

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Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis

Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis, KG, PC (31 December 1738 – 5 October 1805) was a British Army officer, Whig politician and colonial administrator.

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Continental Army

The Continental Army was the army of the United Colonies representing the Thirteen Colonies and later the United States during the American Revolutionary War.

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Edward Burd

Edward Burd (February 5, 1749July 24, 1833) was a Revolutionary War officer in Pennsylvania and later a Prothonotary of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

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Flatbush

Flatbush is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Brooklyn.

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Fourth Avenue (Brooklyn)

Fourth Avenue is a major thoroughfare in the New York City borough of Brooklyn.

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French and Indian War

The French and Indian War (1754–1763) was a theater of the Seven Years' War, which pitted the North American colonies of the British Empire against those of the French, each side being supported by various Native American tribes.

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Gowanus Canal

The Gowanus Canal (originally known as Gowanus Creek) is a canal in the New York City borough of Brooklyn, on the westernmost portion of Long Island.

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Heights of Guan

The Heights of Guan is a historical name given to a series of hills extending in a ridge along western Long Island in New York State. Red Lion Inn (Brooklyn) and Heights of Guan are 1776 in New York (state).

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Henry V of England

Henry V (16 September 1386 – 31 August 1422), also called Henry of Monmouth, was King of England from 1413 until his death in 1422.

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Hessian (soldier)

Hessians were German soldiers who served as auxiliaries to the British Army in several major wars in the 18th century, most notably the American Revolutionary War.

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Israel Putnam

Israel Putnam (January 7, 1718 – May 29, 1790), popularly known as "Old Put", was an American military officer and landowner who fought with distinction at the Battle of Bunker Hill during the American Revolutionary War (1775–1783).

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James Grant (British Army officer, born 1720)

James Grant, 4th of Ballindalloch (1720–1806) was a British Army officer who served as a major general during the American War of Independence.

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John Sullivan (general)

Major-General John Sullivan (February 17, 1740 – January 23, 1795) was a Continental Army officer, politician and judge who fought in the American Revolutionary War and participated several key events of the conflict, including most notably George Washington's crossing of the Delaware River.

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Leopold Philip de Heister

Leopold Philip de Heister (4 April 1716, Homberg - 19 November 1777, Kassel) was a Hessian general who notably fought for the British during the American Revolutionary War.

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Long Island

Long Island is a populous island east of Manhattan in southeastern New York state, constituting a significant share of the New York metropolitan area in both population and land area.

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Mordecai Gist

Mordecai Gist (1743–1792) was a member of a prominent Maryland family who became a brigadier general in command of the Maryland Line in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War.

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Musket

A musket is a muzzle-loaded long gun that appeared as a smoothbore weapon in the early 16th century, at first as a heavier variant of the arquebus, capable of penetrating plate armour.

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Old Stone House (Brooklyn)

The Old Stone House is a house located in the Park Slope neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York City. Red Lion Inn (Brooklyn) and Old Stone House (Brooklyn) are history of Brooklyn.

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Province of New York

The Province of New York was a British proprietary colony and later a royal colony on the northeast coast of North America from 1664 to 1783.

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Samuel Holden Parsons

Samuel Holden Parsons (May 14, 1737 – November 17, 1789) was an American lawyer, jurist, generalHeitman, Officers of the Continental Army, 428.

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Samuel John Atlee

Samuel John Atlee (1739 – November 25, 1786) was an American soldier and statesman from Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

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Skirmisher

Skirmishers are light infantry or light cavalry soldiers deployed as a vanguard, flank guard or rearguard to screen a tactical position or a larger body of friendly troops from enemy advances.

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Watermelon

Watermelon (Citrullus lanatus) is a flowering plant species of the Cucurbitaceae family and the name of its edible fruit.

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William Alexander, Lord Stirling

William Alexander, also known as Lord Stirling (December 27, 1725 – January 15, 1783), was a Scottish-American major general during the American Revolutionary War.

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William Smallwood

William Smallwood (1732February 14, 1792) was an American planter, soldier and politician from Charles County, Maryland.

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1st Maryland Regiment

The 1st Maryland Regiment (Smallwood's Regiment) originated with the authorization of a Maryland Battalion of the Maryland State Troops on 14 January 1776.

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See also

1776 in New York (state)

Buildings and structures in Brooklyn

History of Brooklyn

Taverns in the American Revolution

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Lion_Inn_(Brooklyn)