Long Island During the American Revolution - The Battle of Long Island and the British Occupation

Join former Newsday staff writer and local history author Bill Bleyer as he traces the fascinating history of events surrounding the largest engagement of the American Revolution—the 1776 Battle of Long Island, a major defeat for the colonists that could have spelled the end of the Continental Army but surprisingly did not.  The subsequent British occupation and the hardships it caused for Long Island residents until the end of the war in 1783 will also be examined.