Southampton Village Planning Board Keeps Public Hearing On Proposed Courtyard Demolition Open
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JD Allen on Aug 28, 2018
Southampton Village Planning Board members are questioning whether they acted too quickly in declaring that a plan to demolish a retail courtyard on Jobs Lane, to make way for a... more
I was surprised to find out that the Betsy Ross flag is not an official flag of the United States. The case for the Betsy Ross flag’s legitimacy is one of inter-meshing legends — and it begins in Bridgehampton. Bridgehampton had a militia in 1775. John Hulbert, its leader, recruited 68 men. Congress ordered him to escort the British prisoners taken in the Battle of Fort Ticonderoga to Philadelphia, the Continental capital. Hulbert found himself in Philadelphia in late October or early November 1775. Hulbert’s flag had 13 six-pointed stars in a blue field, six stripes deep, in a diamond ...
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