Caumsett State Historic Park Photo Gallery by James Robertson at pbase.com

Caumsett State Historic Park

1,500 acre Caumsett State Historic Park, is part of the former estate of Marshall Field III.
It takes up a large portion of Lloyd Neck, a peninsula that juts out into Long Island Sound on the north central shore of Long Island, NY.

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Marianne Donovan		03-Aug-2009 16:32
I have to agree with B. Saunders. In the 1770's at the time of the Revolutionary War, this area was an encampment for Loyalists (whom American history tends to call Tories and traitors) These persons represented some of the finest minds and occupations of the New England colonies and sought shelter in this area, were stripped of their possessions, livelihoods, suffered greatly, sacrificed lives for their beliefs before finally being forced to transport to Canada, England, West Indies and elsewhere at the close of the hostilities. You should not ignore a violent period of your early history when you are celebrating the present beauty and peacefulness of this area.

Betty Saunders		02-Aug-2009 19:33
Those homes sure don't show the remains of our United Empire Loyalist subsistaence during the Revolutionary War of the 1770s and 80s. Who coudl guess how many of our ancestors children, siblings, etc., were buried on these very grounds. I would like to see some mention - perhaps a memorial - of the dangers, hunger, and hardships that our ancestors suffered while they were waiting for the end of the Revoutionary and their trip to safety.

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