Welcome to Copiague History and facts Geo-Art design as part of an Eagle Scout project by Troop 2000. The Eagle represents the Copiague schools’ mascot and the Eagle scout rank in scouting. This GeoArt is designed to bring attention to the beautiful hamlet of Copiague while learning history & trivia you might not have known existed around you. This Eagle project was done in conjunction with the Town of Babylon Beautification Program.
The cache is not at the posted coordinates. All questions are multiple choice and the answers can easily be found.
During President George Washington tour of Long Island in April 1790 he dined in the Zebulon Ketcham Homestead. His travels for the day started at 8am in Jamaica in his cream colored coach led by 4 grey horses and arrived around 4pm to the Zebulon Ketcham Homestead. In 1927, the Babylon Town Board created a memorial to commemorate the visit. There were 2 Ketcham houses side by side. One perished in 1857 while the other was relocated to Amityville and still stands today. How old was President George Washington when came to visit Copiague?
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